Term: nitrofurantoin: derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine (trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat infections of the urinary tract
Candidate hypernym: antibacterial: any drug that destroys bacteria or inhibits their growth → 1
Candidate hypernym: speaking: the utterance of intelligible speech → 0
Candidate hypernym: hangover: something that has survived from the past → 0
Candidate hypernym: lacrimal sac: either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands → 0
Candidate hypernym: quechua: a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire → 0
Candidate hypernym: cable railway: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars → 0
Candidate hypernym: rinse: a liquid preparation used on wet hair to give it a tint → 0
Candidate hypernym: mea culpa: an acknowledgment of your error or guilt → 0
Candidate hypernym: judo: a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan → 0
Candidate hypernym: plum: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone → 0
Candidate hypernym: vanilla orchid: a climbing orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America → 0