Term: house of cards: a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: zambian kwacha: the basic unit of money in Zambia
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: latex: a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: bullhead: freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: ceratopsia: horned dinosaurs
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: crockery: tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: missouri: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: kachin: Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in northernmost Burma and adjacent China and India
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: nothings: inconsequential conversation
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: lady-of-the-night: West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
Broader: scheme: an elaborate and systematic plan of action | Unrelated: retreat: (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset