Term: microbiology: the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
Candidate hypernym: biology: the science that studies living organisms → 1
Candidate hypernym: manna ash: southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna → 0
Candidate hypernym: office-bearer: the person who holds an office → 0
Candidate hypernym: chicken roundworm: intestinal parasite of domestic fowl → 0
Candidate hypernym: sole: lean flesh of any of several flatfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: big blue: a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground-controlled approach: aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar → 0
Candidate hypernym: dining-room table: dining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served → 0
Candidate hypernym: cadre: a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion → 0
Candidate hypernym: jurisdiction: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised → 0
Candidate hypernym: trailing edge: the rear edge of an airfoil → 0