Term: hypothesis: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: weatherman: predicts the weather
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: marcher: walks with regular or stately step
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: public treasury: a treasury for government funds
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: fowl pest: either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: thermoplastic: a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: blueberry: sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: singleton: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: fuddy-duddy: a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: dehydration: the process of extracting moisture
Broader: concept: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances | Unrelated: ovulation: the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)