Term: cholesterol: an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues
Candidate hypernym: sterol: any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances → 1
Candidate hypernym: dynamo: generator consisting of a coil (the armature) that rotates between the poles of an electromagnet (the field magnet) causing a current to flow in the armature → 0
Candidate hypernym: cinder pig: pig iron containing a substantial proportion of slag → 0
Candidate hypernym: tripling: increase by a factor of three → 0
Candidate hypernym: softness: a disposition to be lenient in judging others → 0
Candidate hypernym: nephron: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney → 0
Candidate hypernym: treasury stock: stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends → 0
Candidate hypernym: bear grass: yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinese paddlefish: fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus browallia: small genus of tropical South American annuals → 0
Candidate hypernym: hunter: a person who searches for something → 0