Term: transfer rna: RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA)
Candidate hypernym: ribonucleic acid: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell → 1
Candidate hypernym: samarium: a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet-potato ring rot: disease of sweet potatoes in which roots are girdled by rings of dry rot → 0
Candidate hypernym: congressman: a member of the United States House of Representatives → 0
Candidate hypernym: telephone booth: booth for using a telephone → 0
Candidate hypernym: spokeswoman: a female spokesperson → 0
Candidate hypernym: election fraud: misrepresentation or alteration of the true results of an election → 0
Candidate hypernym: wisconsin weeping willow: hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit → 0
Candidate hypernym: rail: any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud → 0
Candidate hypernym: detective novel: novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end → 0
Candidate hypernym: becker muscular dystrophy: a form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles; characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first; similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) → 0