Term: thyroxine: hormone produced by the thyroid glands to regulate metabolism by controlling the rate of oxidation in cells
Candidate hypernym: thyroid hormone: any of several closely related compounds that are produced by the thyroid gland and are active metabolically → 1
Candidate hypernym: groundhog: reddish brown North American marmot → 0
Candidate hypernym: closed couplet: a rhymed couplet that forms a complete syntactic unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyrilliaceae: shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia → 0
Candidate hypernym: step-down transformer: a transformer that reduces voltage → 0
Candidate hypernym: values: beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfly orchid: any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids → 0
Candidate hypernym: overtone: (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: celerity: a rate that is rapid → 0
Candidate hypernym: moppet: a little girl (usually one you are fond of) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dun: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color → 0