Term: saliva: a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: waste: (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect → 0
Candidate hypernym: leg exercise: exercise designed to strengthen the leg muscles → 0
Candidate hypernym: linen: a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: patristics: the writings of the early Church Fathers → 0
Candidate hypernym: patent medicine: medicine that is protected by a patent and available without a doctor's prescription → 0
Candidate hypernym: merry-go-round: a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose) → 0
Candidate hypernym: apogamy: (botany) development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization → 0
Candidate hypernym: workmen's compensation: compensation for death or injury suffered by a worker in the course of his employment → 0
Candidate hypernym: diffusion: (physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of lower concentration → 0
Candidate hypernym: constantinople: the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic → 0