Term: alpha radiation: the radiation of alpha particles during radioactive decay
Candidate hypernym: corpuscular radiation: a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or not at all (e.g. neutrons) → 1
Candidate hypernym: venetian sumac: Old World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke → 0
Candidate hypernym: cracking: the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) → 0
Candidate hypernym: reentry: the act of entering again → 0
Candidate hypernym: specialization: (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function → 0
Candidate hypernym: pound cake: rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour → 0
Candidate hypernym: subornation: perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give → 0
Candidate hypernym: intelligence quotient: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100) → 0
Candidate hypernym: sheep fescue: cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass → 0
Candidate hypernym: unworthiness: the quality or state of lacking merit or value → 0
Candidate hypernym: sciaenidae: warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout → 0