Term: filaria: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: tumor suppressor gene: a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: cookie jar: a jar in which cookies are kept (and sometimes money is hidden)
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: ropewalk: workplace consisting of a long narrow path or shed where rope is made
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: baton: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: boastfulness: outspoken conceit
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: mugwump: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: sabbatical year: a sabbatical leave lasting one year
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: reinforcing stimulus: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: heat of solidification: heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies
Broader: nematode: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic | Unrelated: pound: a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)