Term: chlorine: a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water)
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: clinic: a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: validity: the quality of having legal force or effectiveness
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: pitcher: (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: people's party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1891 to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: distributor housing: the housing that supports the distributor cam
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: hedge maple: shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: needy: needy people collectively
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: boa: any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: sodium salicylate: a crystalline salt used as an analgesic and antipyretic
Broader: halogen: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions | Unrelated: thujopsis: one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja