Term: reductase: an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance
Candidate hypernym: enzyme: any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions → 1
Candidate hypernym: imide: any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO- → 0
Candidate hypernym: histaminase: enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine → 0
Candidate hypernym: affinity: a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character → 0
Candidate hypernym: peroxide blond: a blond whose hair is bleached with peroxide → 0
Candidate hypernym: glebe house: a parsonage (especially one provided for the holder of a benefice) → 0
Candidate hypernym: puerto rican: a native or resident of Puerto Rico → 0
Candidate hypernym: gene: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity → 0
Candidate hypernym: racketeer: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) → 0
Candidate hypernym: ergot: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid → 0
Candidate hypernym: capacity: (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive → 0