Term: deus ex machina: any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: cryonics: the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: scattering: the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: dandruff: a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: balanitis: inflammation of the head of the penis
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: navy base: base of operations for a naval fleet
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: niemann-pick disease: a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: voltage drop: a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: factor of proportionality: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: drawers: underpants worn by men
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: emptiness: the state of containing nothing