Term: dead hand: the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: central powers: in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: butterfingers: someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball)
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: common hyacinth: widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: purple silkweed: perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: close quarters: a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: natural science: the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: crystallographer: a specialist in crystallography
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: zigzag: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: coral root: a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
Broader: power: possession of controlling influence | Unrelated: utility routine: a routine that can be used as needed