Term: motivation: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: european bittern: a kind of bittern → 0
Candidate hypernym: amylase: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar → 0
Candidate hypernym: cypripedia: a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium → 0
Candidate hypernym: dado: the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase → 0
Candidate hypernym: acidemia: a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7 on the pH scale) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fastidiousness: the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style → 0
Candidate hypernym: acnidosporidia: a subclass of Sporozoa → 0
Candidate hypernym: raftsman: someone who travels by raft → 0
Candidate hypernym: a: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: stultification: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) → 0