Term: junk dna: stretches of DNA that do not code for genes
Candidate hypernym: deoxyribonucleic acid: (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information → 1
Candidate hypernym: rejection: (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign → 0
Candidate hypernym: unobtrusiveness: the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way → 0
Candidate hypernym: hexanchus: a genus of Hexanchidae → 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: gill: a United States liquid unit equal to 4 fluid ounces → 0
Candidate hypernym: lithotomy position: a position lying on your back with knees bent and thighs apart; assumed for vaginal or rectal examination → 0
Candidate hypernym: petrarchan sonnet: a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd → 0
Candidate hypernym: king: one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king → 0
Candidate hypernym: sabellian: an extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions → 0
Candidate hypernym: fell: the act of felling something (as a tree) → 0