Term: big-bang theory: (cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from the cataclysmic explosion of a small volume of matter at extremely high density and temperature
Candidate hypernym: theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena → 1
Candidate hypernym: indinavir: a protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV → 0
Candidate hypernym: menuridae: lyrebirds → 0
Candidate hypernym: string: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding → 0
Candidate hypernym: annoyance: the act of troubling or annoying someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: cladistics: a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms → 0
Candidate hypernym: vena bulbi penis: vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfly bush: tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: liter: a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) → 0
Candidate hypernym: plasmodiophora: type genus of Plasmodiophoraceae comprising minute plant parasitic fungi similar to and sometimes included among the slime molds → 0
Candidate hypernym: galago: agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears → 0