Term: reticular activating system: the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
Candidate hypernym: neural network: any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body → 1
Candidate hypernym: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work → 0
Candidate hypernym: viola da gamba: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello → 0
Candidate hypernym: journalism: the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media → 0
Candidate hypernym: steller's sea cow: extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea → 0
Candidate hypernym: misbehavior: improper or wicked or immoral behavior → 0
Candidate hypernym: pigeon toes: disability in which the toes are turned inward; often associated with knock-knee → 0
Candidate hypernym: succession: acquisition of property by descent or by will → 0
Candidate hypernym: jaunting car: an open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland → 0
Candidate hypernym: swimming: the act of swimming; : → 0
Candidate hypernym: concreteness: the quality of being concrete (not abstract) → 0