Term: greenhouse gas: a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation
Candidate hypernym: gas: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely → 1
Candidate hypernym: tension: (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body → 0
Candidate hypernym: elastase: a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin → 0
Candidate hypernym: french: the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France → 0
Candidate hypernym: choloepus: a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth → 0
Candidate hypernym: passenger train: a train that carries passengers → 0
Candidate hypernym: reversing thermometer: a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters → 0
Candidate hypernym: piedmont glacier: a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice → 0
Candidate hypernym: truant: one who is absent from school without permission → 0
Candidate hypernym: convertible: a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydathode: a pore that exudes water on the surface or margin of a leaf of higher plants → 0