Term: distaff: the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: matter: that which has mass and occupies space
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: ward: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: birthwort: creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: lisp: a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: voyager: a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: hammer: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: ruck: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: haemosporidian: minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: timbale: small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods
Broader: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | Unrelated: smart card: a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions