Term: startle response: a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: back judge: a football official
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: rat cheese: informal names for American cheddar
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: appraiser: one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: fakir: a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: petunia: any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: ackee: red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: fire screen: a metal screen before an open fire for protection (especially against flying sparks)
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: flashover: an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator)
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: bonus: anything that tends to arouse
Broader: startle: a sudden involuntary movement | Unrelated: wren-tit: small brown bird of California resembling a wren