Term: carboxylic acid: an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups
Candidate hypernym: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt → 1
Candidate hypernym: gobiesox: type genus of the Gobiesocidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: rubicelle: a yellow or orange variety of ruby spinel → 0
Candidate hypernym: big science: scientific research that requires massive capital investment but is expected to yield very significant results → 0
Candidate hypernym: monoxide: an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule → 0
Candidate hypernym: neopolitan: a resident of Naples → 0
Candidate hypernym: diptera: a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies → 0
Candidate hypernym: inevitable: an unavoidable event → 0
Candidate hypernym: vincent's angina: an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane → 0
Candidate hypernym: coefficient of self induction: the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries → 0
Candidate hypernym: chlorothiazide: a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension → 0