Term: herb mercury: Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
Candidate hypernym: herb: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests → 1
Candidate hypernym: punitive damages: (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct) → 0
Candidate hypernym: catenary: the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section hanging freely from two fixed points → 0
Candidate hypernym: maalox: an antacid → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyssop: a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: consistency: (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another → 0
Candidate hypernym: staphylococcal infection: an infection with staphylococcus bacteria; usually marked by abscess formation → 0
Candidate hypernym: hippeastrum: amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: heckler: someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections → 0
Candidate hypernym: caprylic acid: a fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils → 0
Candidate hypernym: peroxide: an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O- → 0