Term: etiology: the philosophical study of causation
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: forties: the decade from 1940 to 1949
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: snowfield: a permanent wide expanse of snow
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: scene-stealer: an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: gerris: type genus of the Gerrididae
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: godfather: someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: mushroom coral: flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached)
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: heterodactyl foot: a bird's foot having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: sherbert: a frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: tabulation: the act of putting into tabular form