Term: nitrogen balance: the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)
Candidate hypernym: balance: a state of equilibrium → 1
Candidate hypernym: fire extinguisher: a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires → 0
Candidate hypernym: cheerleader: someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event → 0
Candidate hypernym: wedding guest: a guest at a wedding → 0
Candidate hypernym: creosol: a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote → 0
Candidate hypernym: bloodletting: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) → 0
Candidate hypernym: v-8 juice: brand name for canned mixed vegetable juices → 0
Candidate hypernym: temporalty: the worldly possessions of a church → 0
Candidate hypernym: cynipidae: a family of Hymenoptera → 0
Candidate hypernym: phallales: order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes → 0
Candidate hypernym: sciaena: type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers → 0