Term: pyroelectricity: generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
Candidate hypernym: electrical phenomenon: a physical phenomenon involving electricity → 1
Candidate hypernym: repetition: the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device → 0
Candidate hypernym: intentness: the quality of being intent and concentrated → 0
Candidate hypernym: cocklebur: any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs → 0
Candidate hypernym: twin bill: two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) → 0
Candidate hypernym: virago: a noisy or scolding or domineering woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: light adaptation: the process of adjusting the eyes to relatively high levels of illumination; the pupil constricts and the cones system is operative → 0
Candidate hypernym: feeder: a branch that flows into the main stream → 0
Candidate hypernym: chiasma: an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X → 0
Candidate hypernym: tiptoe: the tip of a toe → 0
Candidate hypernym: orycteropus: coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae → 0