Term: lock: a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: chop: a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: southeast by east: the compass point that is one point east of southeast
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: steam turbine: turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: stinking iris: iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: quadrant: the area enclosed by two perpendicular radii of a circle
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: greenmail: (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: demobilization: act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: gnome: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: glycine: the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: machiavellianism: the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government