Term: crutch: anything that serves as an expedient
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: employee stock ownership plan: a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: staleness: having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: man-made fiber: fiber created from natural materials or by chemical processes
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: totalitarian state: a government that subordinates the individual to the state and strictly controls all aspects of life by coercive measures
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: crazy glue: a commercial brand of epoxy glue
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: unison: (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: jacket: the outer skin of a potato
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: butterfly flower: shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: hydromancy: divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
Broader: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved | Unrelated: pennant: a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)