Term: mercury thermometer: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: iodothyronine: thyronine with iodine added → 0
Candidate hypernym: empetraceae: heathlike shrubs → 0
Candidate hypernym: snack food: food for light meals or for eating between meals → 0
Candidate hypernym: alectis: a genus of Carangidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: truth serum: an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely → 0
Candidate hypernym: gempylid: snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide → 0
Candidate hypernym: barbette carriage: a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over the parapet → 0
Candidate hypernym: gulfweed: brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea → 0
Candidate hypernym: rental: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) → 0
Candidate hypernym: clasp: a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together → 0