Term: osteoblast: a cell from which bone develops
Candidate hypernym: cell: (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals → 1
Candidate hypernym: initial: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mystification: something designed to mystify or bewilder → 0
Candidate hypernym: capromyidae: coypus → 0
Candidate hypernym: assimilation: in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance → 0
Candidate hypernym: postal clerk: a clerk in a post office → 0
Candidate hypernym: musician: artist who composes or conducts music as a profession → 0
Candidate hypernym: resultant role: the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause → 0
Candidate hypernym: supermarket: a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods → 0
Candidate hypernym: freak: a person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed → 0
Candidate hypernym: blister beetle: beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin → 0