Term: saliva: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: waste: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: leg exercise: exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: linen: a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: patristics: the writings of the early Church Fathers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: patent medicine: medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: merry-go-round: a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: apogamy: (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: workmen's compensation: compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: diffusion: (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: constantinople: the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic