Term: nitric acid: acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels
Candidate hypernym: chemical: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules → 1
Candidate hypernym: softball: a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer → 0
Candidate hypernym: potter's clay: clay that does not contain any iron; used in making pottery or for modeling → 0
Candidate hypernym: linecut: engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved → 0
Candidate hypernym: megatherian: a large extinct ground sloth → 0
Candidate hypernym: colony: a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country → 0
Candidate hypernym: catatonic schizophrenia: a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way to short periods of extreme excitement → 0
Candidate hypernym: spring beauty: small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm → 0
Candidate hypernym: set: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used → 0
Candidate hypernym: sharkskin: a smooth crisp fabric → 0
Candidate hypernym: rush: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line → 0