Term: startle response: a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: fusion: the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: ordination: the status of being ordained to a sacred office
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: inconstancy: the quality of being changeable and variable
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: puff: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: character: good repute
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: station: a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: sphyrapicus: a genus of Picidae
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: hypocreaceae: family of fungi having brightly colored fleshy or membranous ascocarps; sometimes placed in its own order Hypocreales
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: brown bread: dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
Broader: organic process: a process occurring in living organisms | Unrelated: buffer: a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact