Term: nitrous acid: an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts
Candidate hypernym: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt → 1
Candidate hypernym: fraction: a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process → 0
Candidate hypernym: crab: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply → 0
Candidate hypernym: timber wolf: a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: coccidiosis: (veterinary medicine) infestation with coccidia → 0
Candidate hypernym: root: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed → 0
Candidate hypernym: textile screw pine: Polynesian screw pine → 0
Candidate hypernym: musculus adductor magnus: the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh → 0
Candidate hypernym: pension plan: a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement → 0
Candidate hypernym: hereditarianism: the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth → 0
Candidate hypernym: somatotropin: a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland; promotes growth in humans → 0