Term: giantism: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
Candidate hypernym: hypertrophy: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ → 1
Candidate hypernym: threshing: the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw → 0
Candidate hypernym: human immunodeficiency virus: the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); it replicates in and kills the helper T cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: achira: canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet william: Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ichthyosauria: extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: jainism: religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being → 0
Candidate hypernym: scalper: someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost → 0
Candidate hypernym: khadi: a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India → 0
Candidate hypernym: trimmer: capacitor having variable capacitance; used for making fine adjustments → 0
Candidate hypernym: densimeter: a measuring instrument for determining density or specific gravity → 0