Term: milky way: the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: payback: financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: sundacarpus amara: a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: evil: that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; - Shakespeare
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: extrapolation: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: nostoc: found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: sivapithecus: fossil primates found in India
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: cost-pull inflation: inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: meander: a bend or curve, as in a stream or river
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: gutierrezia: sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America
Broader: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust | Unrelated: entrapment: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials