Term: reticular formation: a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone
Candidate hypernym: network: an interconnected system of things or people → 1
Candidate hypernym: indelicacy: an impolite act or expression → 0
Candidate hypernym: screech owl: small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle → 0
Candidate hypernym: benefit: a performance to raise money for a charitable cause → 0
Candidate hypernym: reflex: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: carpal bone: any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates → 0
Candidate hypernym: taste: the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth → 0
Candidate hypernym: obsessiveness: extreme compulsiveness → 0
Candidate hypernym: cymbal: a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together → 0
Candidate hypernym: reuptake: a process of using up or consuming again → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrostatic precipitation: a process that removes suspended dust particles from a gas by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge to the particles and collecting them on charged plates → 0