Term: barn: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
Candidate hypernym: area unit: a system of units used to measure areas → 1
Candidate hypernym: tentmaker: someone who makes or repairs tents → 0
Candidate hypernym: corrections: the social control of offenders through a system of imprisonment and rehabilitation and probation and parole → 0
Candidate hypernym: slough: a hollow filled with mud → 0
Candidate hypernym: heloderma: type genus of the Helodermatidae; American venomous lizards → 0
Candidate hypernym: hot-air balloon: balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air → 0
Candidate hypernym: phlebothrombosis: thrombosis of a vein without prior inflammation of the vein; associated with sluggish blood flow (as in prolonged bedrest or pregnancy or surgery) or with rapid coagulation of the blood → 0
Candidate hypernym: fisher: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal → 0
Candidate hypernym: capstan: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails → 0
Candidate hypernym: standdown: (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action → 0
Candidate hypernym: trench: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor → 0