Term: plasma: (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons
Candidate hypernym: state of matter: (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) → 1
Candidate hypernym: argive: a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos → 0
Candidate hypernym: swaziland monetary unit: monetary unit in Swaziland → 0
Candidate hypernym: microcentrum: katydids → 0
Candidate hypernym: cage: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept → 0
Candidate hypernym: impatience: a dislike of anything that causes delay → 0
Candidate hypernym: pillbox: a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cork tree: deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: qoph: the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: crystal: a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: elizabethan: a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I → 0