Term: authority: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: basking shark: large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: obsession: an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: fissiped mammal: terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: politeness: the act of showing regard for others
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: opening: becoming open or being made open
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: snail darter: a small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: honey guide: small bird of tropical Africa and Asia; feeds on beeswax and honey and larvae
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: theater of the absurd: plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: salve: anything that remedies or heals or soothes
Broader: expert: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | Unrelated: walking stick: any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies