Term: pyruvic acid: a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation
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: spellbinder: an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound → 0
Candidate hypernym: criollo: a Spanish American of pure European stock (usually Spanish) → 0
Candidate hypernym: gill net: a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills → 0
Candidate hypernym: arianist: an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God) → 0
Candidate hypernym: reception line: a line of people (hosts and guests of honor) who welcome the guests at a reception party → 0
Candidate hypernym: play reading: performance of a play by a group of readers → 0
Candidate hypernym: videocassette recorder: a magnetic tape recorder for recording (and playing back) TV programs → 0
Candidate hypernym: exegesis: an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fidelity: accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal → 0
Candidate hypernym: cheerfulness: a feeling of spontaneous good spirits → 0