Term: elves: an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: incurrence: the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: staining: (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: farmer's lung: alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: deactivation: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cirrhosis: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tolu: aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tudor arch: a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: vin ordinaire: cheap French table wine of unspecified origin
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: truffle: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: accusation: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence