Term: lunar caustic: silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic
Candidate hypernym: silver nitrate: a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent → 1
Candidate hypernym: lower limit: the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: nosedive: a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline → 0
Candidate hypernym: metastability: the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed → 0
Candidate hypernym: pistil: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma → 0
Candidate hypernym: rotational latency: (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head → 0
Candidate hypernym: learner: someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs → 0
Candidate hypernym: clincher: a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively → 0
Candidate hypernym: cloister: a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions) → 0
Candidate hypernym: thermosetting compositions: a material that hardens when heated and cannot be remolded → 0
Candidate hypernym: pirate: a ship that is manned by pirates → 0