Term: histidine: an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue
Candidate hypernym: essential amino acid: an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet → 1
Candidate hypernym: senate: assembly possessing high legislative powers → 0
Candidate hypernym: lost-and-found: repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them → 0
Candidate hypernym: lady's slipper: any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhyolite: very acid volcanic rock → 0
Candidate hypernym: water-mint: a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: piping: a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems → 0
Candidate hypernym: metabolic rate: rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period → 0
Candidate hypernym: lead bank: a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests → 0
Candidate hypernym: re-creation: the act of creating again → 0
Candidate hypernym: drum sander: a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor → 0