Term: wave theory: (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as waves
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: real-estate business: the business of selling real estate → 0
Candidate hypernym: cervical vein: a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name → 0
Candidate hypernym: open shop: a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union → 0
Candidate hypernym: fucaceae: small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: actias: luna moths → 0
Candidate hypernym: nigroporus vinosus: a woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores → 0
Candidate hypernym: aspleniaceae: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria → 0
Candidate hypernym: anger: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance → 0
Candidate hypernym: x-linked recessive inheritance: hereditary pattern in which a recessive gene on the X chromosome results in the manifestation of characteristics in male offspring and a carrier state in female offspring → 0
Candidate hypernym: speechlessness: the property of being speechless → 0