Term: experiment: the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
Candidate hypernym: scientific research: research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses → 1
Candidate hypernym: sleep terror disorder: a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep → 0
Candidate hypernym: silvex: a herbicide that is effective in controlling woody plants but is toxic to animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrolysis: (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions → 0
Candidate hypernym: craftsman: a creator of great skill in the manual arts → 0
Candidate hypernym: nicol prism: optical device that produces plane-polarized light → 0
Candidate hypernym: mutagenesis: an event capable of causing a mutation → 0
Candidate hypernym: laying on of hands: laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination → 0
Candidate hypernym: sightreader: a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) → 0
Candidate hypernym: empirical formula: a chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms → 0
Candidate hypernym: hoop snake: any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop → 0