Term: penicillin: any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases
Candidate hypernym: antibiotic: a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections → 1
Candidate hypernym: silver beech: New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: nineteenth: position 19 in a countable series of things → 0
Candidate hypernym: pet name: a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix) → 0
Candidate hypernym: effector: a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion → 0
Candidate hypernym: military law: the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel → 0
Candidate hypernym: left: those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare → 0
Candidate hypernym: purple onion: flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads → 0
Candidate hypernym: bacteroidaceae: family of bacteria living usually in the alimentary canal or on mucous surfaces of warm-blooded animals; sometimes associated with acute infective processes → 0
Candidate hypernym: retriever: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game → 0
Candidate hypernym: religious leader: leader of a religious order → 0