Term: periodic law: (chemistry) the principle that chemical properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic numbers
Candidate hypernym: law: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature → 1
Candidate hypernym: failure: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: combination: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: mycomycin: a highly unsaturated antibiotic acid obtained from an actinomycete → 0
Candidate hypernym: green lizard: a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long → 0
Candidate hypernym: acrocephalus: a genus of Sylviidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: degree: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bermuda maidenhair: delicate endemic Bermudian fern with creeping rootstock → 0
Candidate hypernym: wampanoag: a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims → 0
Candidate hypernym: metatherian: primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus ichthyostega: second earliest fossil amphibian ever found; of the Devonian; found in Greenland → 0