Term: ligature: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: quarterlight: car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: torrey pine: medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: brandyball: a British candy flavored with brandy
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: pentameter: a verse line having five metrical feet
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: sod: an informal British term for a youth or man
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: flute: a tall narrow wineglass
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: physiological property: a property having to do with the functioning of the body
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: swimmeret: one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: killing: a very large profit
Broader: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible | Unrelated: strategic buyout: an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power