Term: benzocaine: a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
Candidate hypernym: local anesthetic: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body → 1
Candidate hypernym: perturbation: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset → 0
Candidate hypernym: nominal damages: (law) a trivial sum (usually $1.00) awarded as recognition that a legal injury was sustained (as for technical violations of a contract) → 0
Candidate hypernym: miter box: hand tool for guiding handsaws in making crosscuts or miter joints → 0
Candidate hypernym: imminence: the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon → 0
Candidate hypernym: typhus: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever → 0
Candidate hypernym: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: drift: a process of linguistic change over a period of time → 0
Candidate hypernym: sureness: the quality of being steady and unfailing → 0
Candidate hypernym: buzz: sound of rapid vibration → 0
Candidate hypernym: giant taro: large evergreen with extremely large erect or spreading leaves; cultivated widely in tropics for its edible rhizome and shoots; used in wet warm regions as a stately ornamental → 0