Term: directed study: a course of study that is supervised and controlled by a specialist in the subject
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: charger: formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: field theory: (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: vasopressin: hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus; affects blood pressure by stimulating capillary muscles and reduces urine flow by affecting reabsorption of water by kidney tubules
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: suburb: a residential district located on the outskirts of a city
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: chimney breast: walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: cacodyl: a poisonous oily liquid with a garlicky odor composed of 2 cacodyl groups; undergoes spontaneous combustion in dry air
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: ballet company: a company that produces ballets
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: gorgon: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: oxacillin: a form of penicillin resistant to penicillinase and effective against penicillin-resistant staphylococci
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: wholeness: a state of robust good health