Term: microtome: scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
Candidate hypernym: scientific instrument: an instrument used by scientists → 1
Candidate hypernym: shoemaking: the shoemaker's trade → 0
Candidate hypernym: thyroiditis: inflammation of the thyroid gland → 0
Candidate hypernym: converso: (medieval Spain and Portugal) a Jew or Moor who professed to convert to Christianity in order to avoid persecution or expulsion → 0
Candidate hypernym: anapsida: oldest known reptiles; turtles and extinct Permian forms → 0
Candidate hypernym: avail: a means of serving → 0
Candidate hypernym: white fritillary: California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green → 0
Candidate hypernym: phoenicopteridae: flamingos → 0
Candidate hypernym: cargo cult: (Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (`cargo') brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries) → 0
Candidate hypernym: spurge laurel: bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: booklouse: minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers → 0