Term: lightning rod: someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: gerea: small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: speechlessness: the property of being speechless
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: fits and starts: repeated bursts of activity
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: poeciliidae: topminnows
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: photoconductivity: change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: microwave diathermy machine: diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: domination: power to dominate or defeat
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: ingot iron: iron of high purity
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: acute schizophrenic episode: schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
Broader: living thing: a living (or once living) entity | Unrelated: escherichia: a genus of enteric bacteria