Term: mercury thermometer: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
Candidate hypernym: thermometer: measuring instrument for measuring temperature → 1
Candidate hypernym: perineum: the general region between the anus and the genital organs → 0
Candidate hypernym: numismatics: the collection and study of money (and coins in particular) → 0
Candidate hypernym: melanogrammus: haddock → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrocutioner: an executioner who uses electricity to kill the condemned person → 0
Candidate hypernym: radioactive iodine uptake test: radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland → 0
Candidate hypernym: grains of paradise: West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: apical placentation: where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary → 0
Candidate hypernym: anise tree: any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium → 0
Candidate hypernym: perceptiveness: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfly weed: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers → 0