Term: alum: a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: econometrics: the application of mathematics and statistics to the study of economic and financial data
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: bankbook: a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: nonlinear distortion: distortion that occurs when the output signal does not have a linear relation to the input signal
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: shrewishness: a nature given to nagging or scolding
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: dental surgeon: a dentist qualified to perform surgical procedures
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: color: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: asian tiger mosquito: striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: bastard pennyroyal: aromatic plant of the eastern United States
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: drip: (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)
Broader: astringent: a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals | Unrelated: preschooler: a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten