Term: iron curtain: an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy; used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: dabbler: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: diakinesis: the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: meadow salsify: weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: gaming table: a table used for gambling; may be equipped with a gameboard and slots for chips
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: snivel: whining in a tearful manner
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: perfectionism: a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: teratogen: any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: search and destroy mission: an operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: girl friday: a female assistant who has a range of duties
Broader: difficulty: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result | Unrelated: speedboat: a fast motorboat