Term: paean: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: historical present: the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: elaidic acid: a monounsaturated fatty acid that has the same structure as oleic acid except that it is a trans fatty acid; the major trans fatty acid in margarine and fried foods
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: aposiopesis: breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: international finance corporation: a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors; affiliated with the World Bank
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: wrymouth: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: lag screw: a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: green pea: fresh pea
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tonometer: measuring instrument for measuring tension or pressure (especially for measuring intraocular pressure in testing for glaucoma)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: secundigravida: a woman who is pregnant for the second time
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tax write-off: a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket