Term: virino: (microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: rebutter: (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder → 0
Candidate hypernym: cremation: the incineration of a dead body → 0
Candidate hypernym: staphylaceae: a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone → 0
Candidate hypernym: taxidriver: someone who drives a taxi for a living → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydraulic pump: a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level → 0
Candidate hypernym: light flyweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 106 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: maniac: a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something → 0
Candidate hypernym: sight: anything that is seen → 0
Candidate hypernym: irregularity: not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals → 0
Candidate hypernym: rake handle: the handle of a rake → 0