Term: second-in-command: someone who relieves a commander
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: fadeout: a gradual temporary loss of a transmitted signal due to electrical disturbances
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: underexposure: inadequate publicity
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: elegant habenaria: slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: liposome: an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: neurosarcoma: a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: goldstone: aventurine spangled densely with fine gold-colored particles
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: scouting: exploring in order to gain information
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: sesamoid bone: any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: agenda item: one of the items to be considered
Broader: deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent | Unrelated: sample: a small part of something intended as representative of the whole