Term: suppressor: a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 1
Candidate hypernym: necktie: neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front → 0
Candidate hypernym: campanile: a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building → 0
Candidate hypernym: turn-on: something causing excitement or stimulating interest → 0
Candidate hypernym: immediate constituent: a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an analysis: e.g., subject and predicate → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhizobiaceae: a small family of rod-shaped bacteria → 0
Candidate hypernym: dytiscidae: water beetles → 0
Candidate hypernym: irrational number: a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number → 0
Candidate hypernym: bones: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance → 0
Candidate hypernym: eft: a newt in its terrestrial stage of development → 0
Candidate hypernym: foreword: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book → 0