Term: skyhook: helicopter carrying a reel of steel cable that can be used to lift and transport heavy objects
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: dictaphone: a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: old boy network: an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: photinia: genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: abscondment: the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: flight engineer: the flight crewman responsible for mechanical operation while in flight
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: contract: (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: easy money: the economic condition in which credit is easy to secure
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: dudgeon: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: straightedge: hand tool consisting of a flat rigid rectangular bar (metal or wood) that can be used to draw straight lines (or test their straightness)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: grain moth: moth whose larvae feed on grain