Term: scare quote: the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: deadlight: a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: whip: a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: hone: a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: occupational group: a body of people doing the same kind of work
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: brow: the part of the face above the eyes
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: police: the force of policemen and officers
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: canteen: sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: comminuted fracture: fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: roulette: a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure
Broader: symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance | Unrelated: snuffle: the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)