Term: tropic: either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: plasma: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: virtue: a particular moral excellence
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: eater: someone who consumes food for nourishment
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: currency: the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: gluteal vein: veins draining the gluteal muscles on either side of the body
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: french door: a light door with transparent or glazed panels extending the full length
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: latimeria: type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: chocolate pudding: sweet chocolate flavored custard-like pudding usually thickened with flour rather than eggs
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: hooch: an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor
Broader: latitude: an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator | Unrelated: dissilience: the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe