Term: iris: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
Candidate hypernym: diaphragm: a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens → 1
Candidate hypernym: admirer: a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves → 0
Candidate hypernym: stabling: accommodation for animals (especially for horses) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pilothouse: an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated → 0
Candidate hypernym: tensiometer: a measuring instrument for measuring the tension in a wire or fiber or beam → 0
Candidate hypernym: conk: informal term for the nose → 0
Candidate hypernym: punkie: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: progymnosperm: an ancestral fossil type from which modern gymnosperms are thought to have derived → 0
Candidate hypernym: salicylic acid: a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes → 0
Candidate hypernym: retrorocket: a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus chunga: a genus of Cariamidae → 0