Term: phosphatase: any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates
Candidate hypernym: enzyme: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions → 1
Candidate hypernym: orifice: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity → 0
Candidate hypernym: lomariopsidaceae: small family of usually scandent ferns → 0
Candidate hypernym: unit character: (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene → 0
Candidate hypernym: snow plant: a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: capital: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis → 0
Candidate hypernym: bed: the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: implantation: the act of planting or setting in the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus phaius: genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids → 0
Candidate hypernym: conflict: an incompatibility of dates or events → 0
Candidate hypernym: tropidoclonion: lined snakes → 0