Term: buffer: a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: scallop shell: a shell of a scallop
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: chlortetracycline: a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: negative charge: having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: shelf bracket: a bracket to support a shelf
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: oyster fish: a variety of toadfish
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: kuru: a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: a cappella singing: singing without instrumental accompaniment
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: veteran: a person who has served in the armed forces
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: address: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: gravy: a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats