Term: leucine: a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins
Candidate hypernym: essential amino acid: an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet → 1
Candidate hypernym: wake-up call: a telephone call that you request be made a specific time in order to wake you up at that time (especially in hotels) → 0
Candidate hypernym: quadrate: a cubelike object → 0
Candidate hypernym: clapperboard: photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together → 0
Candidate hypernym: coereba: type genus of the Coerebidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: frigate bird: long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail → 0
Candidate hypernym: harbor seal: small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: fastener: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place → 0
Candidate hypernym: thermoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold → 0
Candidate hypernym: riser: a person who rises (especially from bed) → 0
Candidate hypernym: flap: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body → 0