Term: soil conservation: protection of soil against erosion or deterioration
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: glycogen: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: mandaean: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: dark adaptation: the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: nondepository financial institution: a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sewage: waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: box beam: a beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: rhyolite: very acid volcanic rock
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: adapid: extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: holothuridae: a family of Holothuroidea
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: home rule: self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government