Term: freeze-drying: a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Candidate hypernym: freeze: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid → 1
Candidate hypernym: separation: the space where a division or parting occurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: melanthiaceae: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum → 0
Candidate hypernym: hooker: (rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot → 0
Candidate hypernym: caste: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth → 0
Candidate hypernym: mastotermitidae: primitive termites → 0
Candidate hypernym: boston baked beans: dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork → 0
Candidate hypernym: rollerblader: a skater who uses Rollerblades → 0
Candidate hypernym: sectarianism: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination → 0
Candidate hypernym: oxygen: a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust → 0
Candidate hypernym: dalmatian laburnum: erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus → 0