Term: humic substance: an organic residue of decaying organic matter
Candidate hypernym: organic compound: any compound of carbon and another element or a radical → 1
Candidate hypernym: flagellum: a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa) → 0
Candidate hypernym: savageness: the property of being untamed and ferocious → 0
Candidate hypernym: crop: the stock or handle of a whip → 0
Candidate hypernym: anchorage: the condition of being secured to a base → 0
Candidate hypernym: daguerreotype: a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor → 0
Candidate hypernym: mantis shrimp: tropical marine burrowing crustaceans with large grasping appendages → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-registering thermometer: a thermometer that records the temperature automatically → 0
Candidate hypernym: piecework: work paid for according to the quantity produced → 0
Candidate hypernym: embroiderer: someone who ornaments with needlework → 0
Candidate hypernym: secondary school: a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 → 0