Term: dead hand: the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: migration: the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: photocoagulation: surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: ring finger: the third finger (especially of the left hand)
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: referendum: a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: bank identification number: an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: crossfire: a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: leukocytosis: an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood as a result of infection (as in leukemia)
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: betel: Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: delta: an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
Broader: influence: a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc | Unrelated: butterfly valve: a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle