Term: plasma: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
Candidate hypernym: natural phenomenon: all phenomena that are not artificial → 1
Candidate hypernym: dominance: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not → 0
Candidate hypernym: dragon: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: tangency: the state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing → 0
Candidate hypernym: redundancy: repetition of an act needlessly → 0
Candidate hypernym: micropaleontology: the paleontology of microfossils → 0
Candidate hypernym: limitation: the quality of being limited or restricted → 0
Candidate hypernym: coypu: aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur → 0
Candidate hypernym: carper: someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way → 0
Candidate hypernym: corn gluten: gluten prepared from corn → 0
Candidate hypernym: minority: a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part → 0