Term: pledge: someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: sigeh: a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: oleander: an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: diaper: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch excrement
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: podocarpaceae: gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: cord blood: blood obtained from the umbilical cord at birth
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: potato vine: vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: mullein: any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: cairina: a genus of Anatidae
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: tonsure: shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: analytical balance: a beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysis