Term: colony: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: electric resistance: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: paleacrita: geometrid moths
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: moment of a couple: given two equal and opposite forces, the product of the force and the distance between them
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: tall mallow: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: windsock: a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: love-token: keepsake given as a token of love
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: east indian: a native or inhabitant of the East Indies
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: ultrasound: very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: weeper: a hired mourner
Broader: body: a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity | Unrelated: welterweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds