Term: alum: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum
Candidate hypernym: chemical element: any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter → 1
Candidate hypernym: order: a body of rules followed by an assembly → 0
Candidate hypernym: loranthus: type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species → 0
Candidate hypernym: fairytale: a story about fairies; told to amuse children → 0
Candidate hypernym: time constant: (electronics) the time required for the current or voltage in a circuit to rise or fall exponentially through approximately 63 per cent of its amplitude → 0
Candidate hypernym: titanic acid: a white weak acid that is a hydrated form of titanium dioxide → 0
Candidate hypernym: astacus: type genus of the family Astacidae; Old World crayfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: overburden: the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits → 0
Candidate hypernym: snowy orchid: slender fringed orchid of eastern North America having white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: hexagrammidae: greenlings → 0
Candidate hypernym: dotted gayfeather: herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico → 0