Term: thorium: a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
Candidate hypernym: metallic element: any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. → 1
Candidate hypernym: implement: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end → 0
Candidate hypernym: mender: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyberculture: the culture that emerges from the use of computers for communication and entertainment and business → 0
Candidate hypernym: bryum: type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules → 0
Candidate hypernym: infusion: (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) → 0
Candidate hypernym: avifauna: the birds of a particular region or period → 0
Candidate hypernym: television receiver: an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen → 0
Candidate hypernym: masa: an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: grizzly: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: debtor: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt → 0