Term: freeze-drying: a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Candidate hypernym: extraction: the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means → 1
Candidate hypernym: lophodytes: a genus of Merginae → 0
Candidate hypernym: ounce: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound → 0
Candidate hypernym: lobe: a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: musth: an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear → 0
Candidate hypernym: confusion: an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended → 0
Candidate hypernym: roughrider: a horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle → 0
Candidate hypernym: upset: the act of upsetting something → 0
Candidate hypernym: liver: a person who has a special life style → 0
Candidate hypernym: deep temporal vein: temporal veins that empty into the pterygoid plexus → 0
Candidate hypernym: handicap: advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning → 0