Term: valve: device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: executive secretary: a secretary having administrative duties and responsibilities
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: epigaea: small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutus
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: police academy: an academy for training police officers
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: blouse: a top worn by women
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: messenger rna: the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein synthesis in the cell
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: keratosis blennorrhagica: skin disease characterized by a scaly rash on the palms and soles; associated with Reiter's syndrome
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: tepal: an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: caller id: a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: sulindac: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Clinoril)
Broader: whole: an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity | Unrelated: guttiferae: widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber