Term: ballast resistor: a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
Candidate hypernym: resistor: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current → 1
Candidate hypernym: bad manners: impoliteness resulting from ignorance → 0
Candidate hypernym: boolean operation: an operation that follows the rules of Boolean algebra; each operand and the result take one of two values → 0
Candidate hypernym: guide word: a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page → 0
Candidate hypernym: ericales: Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: honey mushroom: a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrogen sulfide: a sulfide having the unpleasant smell of rotten eggs → 0
Candidate hypernym: flag officer: a senior naval officer above the rank of captain → 0
Candidate hypernym: epiphora: repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: folk singer: a singer of folk songs → 0
Candidate hypernym: orchotomy: surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) → 0