Term: sedative-hypnotic: a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep
Candidate hypernym: sedative: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person → 1
Candidate hypernym: retrovision: a vision of events in the distant past → 0
Candidate hypernym: dogfight: an aerial engagement between fighter planes → 0
Candidate hypernym: electromagnetic spectrum: the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves → 0
Candidate hypernym: ligature: character consisting of two or more letters combined into one → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnetic field: the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle → 0
Candidate hypernym: beta rhythm: the normal brainwave in the encephalogram of a person who is awake and alert; occurs with a frequency between 12 and 30 hertz → 0
Candidate hypernym: right: the hand that is on the right side of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: burthen: a variant of `burden' → 0
Candidate hypernym: unpalatability: the property of being unacceptable to the mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: acanthocereus: mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region → 0