Term: strong interaction: (physics) the interaction that binds protons and neutrons together in the nuclei of atoms; mediated by gluons
Candidate hypernym: interaction: (physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons → 1
Candidate hypernym: green lacewing: pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae → 0
Candidate hypernym: shaft: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) → 0
Candidate hypernym: kettle hole: (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits → 0
Candidate hypernym: there: a location other than here; that place → 0
Candidate hypernym: duffel bag: a large cylindrical bag of heavy cloth; for carrying personal belongings → 0
Candidate hypernym: trunk line: a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly → 0
Candidate hypernym: departure: the act of departing → 0
Candidate hypernym: carambola: deeply ridged yellow-brown tropical fruit; used raw as a vegetable or in salad or when fully ripe as a dessert → 0
Candidate hypernym: sandhi: the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech) → 0
Candidate hypernym: word stress: the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word → 0