Term: columbium: a former name for niobium
Candidate hypernym: niobium: a soft grey ductile metallic element used in alloys; occurs in niobite; formerly called columbium → 1
Candidate hypernym: le chatelier's principle: the principle that if any change is imposed on a system that is in equilibrium then the system tends to adjust to a new equilibrium counteracting the change → 0
Candidate hypernym: main line: the principal route of a transportation system → 0
Candidate hypernym: thai: a branch of the Tai languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: pentazocine: analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine → 0
Candidate hypernym: thickening: the act of thickening → 0
Candidate hypernym: repatriation: the act of returning to the country of origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: kwakiutl: a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl → 0
Candidate hypernym: civil engineering: the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction of such public works as dams or bridges → 0
Candidate hypernym: sacrament: a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction → 0
Candidate hypernym: adrenal cortex: the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones → 0