Term: barbituric acid: a white crystalline acid derived from pyrimidine; used in preparing barbiturate drugs
Candidate hypernym: acid: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt → 1
Candidate hypernym: exobiology: the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life → 0
Candidate hypernym: dog laurel: fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: samnite: an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydromyinae: water rats of Australia and New Guinea → 0
Candidate hypernym: guinean franc: the basic unit of money in Guinea → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow perch: North American perch → 0
Candidate hypernym: starlet: a small star → 0
Candidate hypernym: hungarian: the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: dolphinfish: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) → 0
Candidate hypernym: meadow foxtail: stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America → 0