Term: jacob's ladder: (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: turbine: rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: summary judgment: a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: dementia: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: litany: any long and tedious address or recital
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: picket ship: a ship serving as a picket
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: storm trooper: a member of the Nazi SA
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: waterside: land bordering a body of water
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: turpentine: obtained from conifers (especially pines)
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: evisceration: altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
Broader: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | Unrelated: renaissance man: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics