Term: follicle-stimulating hormone: a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulates growth of Graafian follicles in female mammals, and activates the cells in male mammals that form sperm
Candidate hypernym: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists → 1
Candidate hypernym: perpetuity: the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cecropiaceae: in some classifications included in family Moraceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: antistrophe: the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem → 0
Candidate hypernym: cold cathode: a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated → 0
Candidate hypernym: gas holder: a large gas-tight spherical or cylindrical tank for holding gas to be used as fuel → 0
Candidate hypernym: puffinus: shearwaters → 0
Candidate hypernym: service: work done by one person or group that benefits another → 0
Candidate hypernym: albuca: any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: six-footer: a person who is at least six feet tall → 0
Candidate hypernym: field mouse: any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens → 0