Term: barb: one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: hemangioma: benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: psychic phenomena: phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: amia: type genus of the Amiidae
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: ninth: position nine in a countable series of things
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: personality: the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: tea rose: any of several hybrid bush roses derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with pink or yellow flowers
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: alkalemia: a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which rises above 7.45 on the pH scale)
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: bushman: a dweller in the Australian bush country
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: elixir of life: a hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely; once sought by alchemists
Broader: fibril: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | Unrelated: yawn: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom