Term: adsorbent: a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
Candidate hypernym: sorbent: a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption → 1
Candidate hypernym: polygalaceae: trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres → 0
Candidate hypernym: zannichellia: horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: slug: a counterfeit coin → 0
Candidate hypernym: ninepins: a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins → 0
Candidate hypernym: bass drum: a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch → 0
Candidate hypernym: neurinoma: tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve → 0
Candidate hypernym: townes: United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-) → 0
Candidate hypernym: assist: (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play → 0
Candidate hypernym: aluminum chloride: a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst → 0
Candidate hypernym: larcenist: a person who commits larceny → 0