Term: caspase: any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis
Candidate hypernym: protease: any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis → 1
Candidate hypernym: seek time: (computer science) the time it takes for a read/write head to move to a specific data track → 0
Candidate hypernym: myrmecophyte: plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it → 0
Candidate hypernym: bung: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask → 0
Candidate hypernym: the hots: intense sexual desire → 0
Candidate hypernym: shamelessness: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame → 0
Candidate hypernym: spread: two facing pages of a book or other publication → 0
Candidate hypernym: learning curve: a graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall) → 0
Candidate hypernym: blue murder: an extravagantly loud outcry → 0
Candidate hypernym: centipede: chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors → 0
Candidate hypernym: courtier: an attendant at the court of a sovereign → 0