Term: soft water: water that is not hard (does not contain mineral salts that interfere with the formation of lather with soap)
Candidate hypernym: material: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object → 1
Candidate hypernym: elevator: the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend → 0
Candidate hypernym: pig bed: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast → 0
Candidate hypernym: taxonomic group: animal or plant group having natural relations → 0
Candidate hypernym: mimamsa: (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads → 0
Candidate hypernym: cercaria: tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage → 0
Candidate hypernym: panatela: a long slender cigar → 0
Candidate hypernym: thermistor: a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit → 0
Candidate hypernym: mover: someone who moves → 0
Candidate hypernym: blue catfish: a large catfish of the Mississippi valley → 0
Candidate hypernym: ophioglossum: the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae → 0