Term: theory of inheritance: (biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations
Candidate hypernym: scientific theory: a theory that explains scientific observations → 1
Candidate hypernym: fire alarm: a shout or bell to warn that fire has broken out → 0
Candidate hypernym: celestial mechanics: the branch of astronomy concerned with the application of Newton's laws of motion to the motions of heavenly bodies → 0
Candidate hypernym: soy sauce: thin sauce made of fermented soy beans → 0
Candidate hypernym: chicken wing: the wing of a chicken → 0
Candidate hypernym: search mission: a mission to discover something → 0
Candidate hypernym: brandyball: a British candy flavored with brandy → 0
Candidate hypernym: workbook: a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them → 0
Candidate hypernym: brownie mix: a commercial mix for making brownies → 0
Candidate hypernym: adhesion: a fibrous band of scar tissue that binds together normally separate anatomical structures → 0
Candidate hypernym: menace: something that is a source of danger → 0