Term: desire to know: curiosity that motivates investigation and study
Candidate hypernym: cognitive state: the state of a person's cognitive processes → 1
Candidate hypernym: line officer: a commissioned officer with combat units (not a staff officer or a supply officer) → 0
Candidate hypernym: structural formula: an expanded molecular formula showing the arrangement of atoms within the molecule → 0
Candidate hypernym: luster: a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain → 0
Candidate hypernym: pennatula: type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens → 0
Candidate hypernym: folderol: nonsensical talk or writing → 0
Candidate hypernym: open university: a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school → 0
Candidate hypernym: gallery: a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited → 0
Candidate hypernym: ratepayer: a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) → 0
Candidate hypernym: crepe: paper with a crinkled texture; usually colored and used for decorations → 0
Candidate hypernym: anaclisis: (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure → 0