Term: be-all and end-all: the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: brass section: the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: lisper: a speaker who lisps
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: southwestern lip fern: lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: gneiss: a laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: stress incontinence: urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: item: a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: emerald: a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: divestiture: the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: iodide: a salt or ester of hydriodic acid
Broader: component: an abstract part of something | Unrelated: little egret: Old World egret