Term: shortening: act of decreasing in length
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: television equipment: electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: pan american union: the administrative agency of the Organization of American States
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: guest of honor: the person in whose honor a gathering is held
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: leading question: a question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: northern europe: the northernmost countries of Europe
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: doric: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: ashcan school: a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: lady fern: most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: quality: high social status
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: punkie: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects