Term: pyruvic acid: a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation
Candidate hypernym: matter: that which has mass and occupies space → 1
Candidate hypernym: foe: a personal enemy → 0
Candidate hypernym: wreck: something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation → 0
Candidate hypernym: field game: an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions → 0
Candidate hypernym: thymine: a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine → 0
Candidate hypernym: cornflower: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: praline: cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans → 0
Candidate hypernym: woody plant: a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems → 0
Candidate hypernym: asthenosphere: the lower layer of the crust → 0
Candidate hypernym: equus: type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: auditory center: the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve → 0