Term: fail-safe: a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction
Candidate hypernym: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole → 1
Candidate hypernym: banking: engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: staining: the act of spotting or staining something → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus beroe: coextensive with the class Nuda → 0
Candidate hypernym: apoenzyme: a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme → 0
Candidate hypernym: nerve: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: heavy water: water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors → 0
Candidate hypernym: nitrogen cycle: the circulation of nitrogen; nitrates from the soil are absorbed by plants which are eaten by animals that die and decay returning the nitrogen back to the soil → 0
Candidate hypernym: all-or-none law: (neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: harvest-lice: erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats → 0
Candidate hypernym: osmium: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known → 0