Term: freeze-drying: a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes
Candidate hypernym: dehydration: the process of extracting moisture → 1
Candidate hypernym: playoff: any final competition to determine a championship → 0
Candidate hypernym: overlip: the upper lip → 0
Candidate hypernym: mucoraceae: large family of chiefly saprophytic fungi that includes many common molds destructive to food products → 0
Candidate hypernym: spoon: formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face → 0
Candidate hypernym: toothed spurge: an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: pusillanimity: contemptible fearfulness → 0
Candidate hypernym: long-term memory: your general store of remembered information → 0
Candidate hypernym: automobile traffic: cars coming and going → 0
Candidate hypernym: vacant lot: a lot on which there are no permanent buildings → 0
Candidate hypernym: print: a picture or design printed from an engraving → 0