Term: stringency: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: dead: a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: creeping willow: small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: machine-readable text: electronic text that is stored as strings of characters and that can be displayed in a variety of formats
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: hawaiian: a native or resident of Hawaii
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: justness: conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: spot check: a check on work performance or product quality made at random times without warning
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: zigzag goldenrod: a variety of goldenrod
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: laying on of hands: laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: mason wasp: any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
Broader: lack: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Unrelated: project: a planned undertaking