Term: sarin: a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
Candidate hypernym: organophosphate nerve agent: any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds → 1
Candidate hypernym: cheesemonger: someone who sells cheese → 0
Candidate hypernym: primus stove: a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers → 0
Candidate hypernym: teashop: a restaurant where tea and light meals are available → 0
Candidate hypernym: antelope squirrel: small ground squirrel of western United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: brandy: distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice → 0
Candidate hypernym: roble: large tree of Trinidad and Guyana having odd-pinnate leaves and violet-scented axillary racemes of yellow flowers and long smooth pods; grown as a specimen in parks and large gardens → 0
Candidate hypernym: administrator: someone who manages a government agency or department → 0
Candidate hypernym: levirate: the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line → 0
Candidate hypernym: sideroblast: an erythroblast having granules of ferritin → 0
Candidate hypernym: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity → 0