Term: crutch: anything that serves as an expedient
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: genus apatosaurus: large quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaurs with very long neck and tail; late Jurassic
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: trier: one who tries
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: piping: a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: maternalism: motherly care; behavior characteristic of a mother; the practice of acting as a mother does toward her children
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: sarcostemma: succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: pigeon: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: air unit: a military unit that is part of the airforce
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: policy: a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: bat: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
Broader: expedient: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | Unrelated: losings: something lost (especially money lost at gambling)