Term: preformation: a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell
Candidate hypernym: theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena → 1
Candidate hypernym: sprinkler system: a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrunch: a crunching noise → 0
Candidate hypernym: clitocybe: a genus of agarics with white to pale yellow spore deposits and fleshy stalks centrally attached to the cap and closely attached gills → 0
Candidate hypernym: aegean island: an island in the Aegean Sea → 0
Candidate hypernym: celandine: perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: lough: Irish word for a lake → 0
Candidate hypernym: abductor: a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line → 0
Candidate hypernym: ragout: well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables → 0
Candidate hypernym: shamanism: an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans → 0
Candidate hypernym: kilovolt: a unit of potential equal to a thousand volts → 0