Term: boric acid: a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative
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: migraine: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men → 0
Candidate hypernym: salver: a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver → 0
Candidate hypernym: native beech: tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: fluke: flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor → 0
Candidate hypernym: intelligibility: the quality of language that is comprehensible → 0
Candidate hypernym: ribbon-leaved water plantain: a variety of water plantain → 0
Candidate hypernym: patristics: the study of the lives, writings, and doctrines of the Church Fathers → 0
Candidate hypernym: climbing hydrangea: climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan → 0
Candidate hypernym: regicide: someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king → 0
Candidate hypernym: cadenza: a brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music → 0