Term: tonsure: shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: cast: the act of throwing dice
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: nerve cell: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: snuffler: a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: restraint: a device that retards something's motion
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: magnetograph: a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field)
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: trespass viet armis: trespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or property
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: bloodleaf: any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: stipulation: (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: penetration: the ability to make way into or through something
Broader: improvement: the act of improving something | Unrelated: shipping fever: a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market)