Term: lap of the gods: beyond human control or responsibility
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: justice: judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: fore-and-after: sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: combined operation: a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air forces
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: reciprocating engine: an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: deflator: a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: diaspididae: armored scales
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: rebellion: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: mulled cider: sweet cider heated with spices and citrus fruit
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: palatal: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast')
Broader: lap: an area of control or responsibility | Unrelated: high-angle fire: fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range