Term: ligand: a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom
Candidate hypernym: substance: a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties → 1
Candidate hypernym: helplessness: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act → 0
Candidate hypernym: crewman: a member of a flight crew → 0
Candidate hypernym: contretemps: an awkward clash → 0
Candidate hypernym: suburbanite: a resident of a suburb → 0
Candidate hypernym: saccharum: tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane → 0
Candidate hypernym: marble: a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material → 0
Candidate hypernym: gopher tortoise: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: practice: translating an idea into action → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyclosis: the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell → 0
Candidate hypernym: landscapist: someone who paints landscapes → 0