Term: virus: (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein
Candidate hypernym: agent: an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect → 1
Candidate hypernym: geneticism: the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically → 0
Candidate hypernym: rheumatic heart disease: heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood → 0
Candidate hypernym: cayenne: a long and often twisted hot red pepper → 0
Candidate hypernym: summer: the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox → 0
Candidate hypernym: tobacco: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion → 0
Candidate hypernym: linseed oil: a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints → 0
Candidate hypernym: land agent: a person who administers a landed estate → 0
Candidate hypernym: modern english: English since about 1450 → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyrochemical process: processes for chemical reactions at high temperatures → 0
Candidate hypernym: todea: a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae → 0