Term: protein: any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes
Candidate hypernym: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals → 1
Candidate hypernym: vermiculite: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: carassius: goldfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: twang: a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string) → 0
Candidate hypernym: nit: a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source → 0
Candidate hypernym: formative: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function → 0
Candidate hypernym: isoagglutinin: an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species → 0
Candidate hypernym: physical anthropology: the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings → 0
Candidate hypernym: plantlike flagellate: unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae → 0
Candidate hypernym: realist: a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly → 0
Candidate hypernym: tokay: variety of wine grape originally grown in Hungary; the prototype of vinifera grapes → 0