Term: adsorbent: a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: comb: any of several tools for straightening fibers → 0
Candidate hypernym: inversion: (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed → 0
Candidate hypernym: leg extensor: an exercise designed to strengthen the extensor muscles of the leg → 0
Candidate hypernym: dietician: a specialist in the study of nutrition → 0
Candidate hypernym: coup de theatre: a dramatic surprise → 0
Candidate hypernym: telecaster: a television broadcaster → 0
Candidate hypernym: ball boy: a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players → 0
Candidate hypernym: shinto: the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors → 0
Candidate hypernym: conservation: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change → 0
Candidate hypernym: peter pan: a boyish or immature man; after the boy in Barrie's play who never grows up → 0