Term: raison d'etre: the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: schizomycetes: a former classification
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: tongue: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: ground: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: thallophyta: used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: polyphone: a letter that has two or more pronunciations
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: sallet: a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: furnishing: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: schnook: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: ring: the sound of a bell ringing; ; ; --E. A. Poe
Broader: function: what something is used for | Unrelated: arnica: used especially in treating bruises