Term: dark adaptation: the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
Candidate hypernym: adaptation: (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) → 1
Candidate hypernym: herald: (formal) a person who announces important news → 0
Candidate hypernym: civil order: the form of government of a social organization → 0
Candidate hypernym: frost: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) → 0
Candidate hypernym: griot: a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village → 0
Candidate hypernym: law of independent assortment: each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are random → 0
Candidate hypernym: backlog: the large log at the back of a hearth fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: amoralism: the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid → 0
Candidate hypernym: coconut oil: oil from coconuts → 0
Candidate hypernym: tiger beetle: active usually bright-colored beetle that preys on other insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: perfection: the act of making something perfect → 0