Term: hairsplitter: a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: opinion: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: national academy of sciences: an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: resource: a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: creeping juniper: low to prostrate shrub of Canada and northern United States; bronzed purple in winter
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: left gastric artery: a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: musk mallow: erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: flood tide: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide);  -Shakespeare
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: cultivation: socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: renovation: the act of improving by renewing and restoring
Broader: disputant: a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy | Unrelated: test pilot: a pilot hired to fly experimental airplanes through maneuvers designed to test them