Term: dendrite: short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: boundary condition: (mathematics) a condition specified for the solution to a set of differential equations → 0
Candidate hypernym: british west africa: the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: pistol grip: a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol → 0
Candidate hypernym: launching pad: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched → 0
Candidate hypernym: groove: (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part → 0
Candidate hypernym: spurge laurel: bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: principal axis: a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted → 0
Candidate hypernym: kvetch: (Yiddish) a constant complainer → 0
Candidate hypernym: trachea: one of the tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids → 0
Candidate hypernym: pilot burner: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner → 0