Term: ligature: a metal band used to attach a reed to the mouthpiece of a clarinet or saxophone
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: atropine: a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: decision: the act of making up your mind about something
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: artificial kidney: a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: melampsora: rusts having sessile one-celled teliospores in a single layer
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: schlockmeister: (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: hypochondrium: the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: backbench: any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: spindlelegs: long thin legs
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: whig: a member of the political party that urged social reform in 18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to the Tories
Broader: band: a restraint put around something to hold it together | Unrelated: ration card: a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods