Term: amalgam: an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams
Candidate hypernym: alloy: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten → 1
Candidate hypernym: incumbent: the official who holds an office → 0
Candidate hypernym: cachet: an indication of approved or superior status → 0
Candidate hypernym: originalism: the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it → 0
Candidate hypernym: prefixation: formation of a word by means of a prefix → 0
Candidate hypernym: theory of evolution: (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus freesia: cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: graphic design: visual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: semiotics: (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols → 0
Candidate hypernym: form: (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups → 0
Candidate hypernym: cracked wheat: grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces → 0