Term: face-off: (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: aldosteronism: a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: refraction: the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: deflector: a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc)
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: verdigris: a blue or green powder used as a paint pigment
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: donatism: a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: rottenstone: a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: single nucleotide polymorphism: (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: virility: the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: balaenopteridae: rorquals; blue whales
Broader: beginning: the act of starting something | Unrelated: pablum: a soft form of cereal for infants