Term: suspense: excited anticipation of an approaching climax
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: amen corner: area reserved for persons leading the responsive `amens'
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: bee balm: perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: aromatic compound: a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: landscapist: someone who paints landscapes
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: conversion: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: throw-in: (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: flowering tobacco: South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: artlessness: ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: ancien regime: a political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)
Broader: anticipation: an expectation | Unrelated: status asthmaticus: a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment