Term: rack and pinion: a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
Candidate hypernym: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion → 1
Candidate hypernym: hydrochlorofluorocarbon: a fluorocarbon that is replacing chlorofluorocarbon as a refrigerant and propellant in aerosol cans; considered to be somewhat less destructive to the atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamb's-quarters: common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb → 0
Candidate hypernym: cathartidae: condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures → 0
Candidate hypernym: cryocautery: application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it → 0
Candidate hypernym: sole: the underside of the foot → 0
Candidate hypernym: terminus a quo: earliest limiting point → 0
Candidate hypernym: north wind: a wind that blows from the north → 0
Candidate hypernym: quilting: a material used for making a quilt, or a quilted fabric → 0
Candidate hypernym: dasypodidae: armadillos → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground state: (physics) the lowest energy state of an atom or other particle → 0