Term: fits and starts: repeated bursts of activity
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: gemma: small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: past master: someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: frieze: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: sorgo: any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: microradian: a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: sewing-machine operator: someone who sews by operating a sewing machine
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: bill: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: garuda: a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: half binding: book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another
Broader: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) | Unrelated: agonidae: poachers