Term: quahog: an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: trypsinogen: inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in the small intestine
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: free state: any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: whitening: changing to a lighter color
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: gilding metal: a brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: synthesis: the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: bar: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: man of means: a man who is wealthy
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: great yellow gentian: robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: ethnic slur: a slur on someone's race or language
Broader: clam: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness | Unrelated: base: (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment