Term: hard water: water that contains mineral salts (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap
Candidate hypernym: water: binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent → 1
Candidate hypernym: chinquapin oak: medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: technicality: a detail that is considered insignificant → 0
Candidate hypernym: notions counter: counter where notions are sold → 0
Candidate hypernym: phonetics: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis → 0
Candidate hypernym: firelighter: (a piece of) a substance that burns easily and can be used to start a coal or coke fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: american beech: North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts → 0
Candidate hypernym: lip: (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx → 0
Candidate hypernym: angiosarcoma: a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels → 0
Candidate hypernym: inflammation: arousal to violent emotion → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnitude: the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) → 0