Term: sawm: the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: cellulose: a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: haganah: the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: eye-lotion: lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: regular polyhedron: any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: facilitation: act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: california personality inventory: a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc.
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: night soil: human excreta used as fertilizer
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: bedsitting room: a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing)
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: perfume: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
Broader: abstinence: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite | Unrelated: tuberaceae: family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple