Term: defenselessness: the property of being helpless in the face of attack
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: patriarchy: a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: abdominal cavity: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: west wind: wind that blows from west to east
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: toggle: any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: tiger cat: a cat having a striped coat
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: portwatcher: a watchman on a wharf
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: guesthouse: a house separate from the main house; for housing guests
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: diverticulitis: inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: june beetle: any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc.
Broader: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class | Unrelated: operculum: a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted