Term: ostrich: a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: ship-breaker: a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: tilde: a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: elevation: the event of something being raised upward
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: ecumenical council: (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: yellow pine: any of various pines having yellow wood
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: authorizer: an authority who authorizes (people or actions)
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: incompetence: lack of physical or intellectual ability or qualifications
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: drug cartel: an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: trek: a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)
Broader: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | Unrelated: lambdacism: speech defect involving excessive use or unusual pronunciation of the phoneme `l'