Term: fornix: an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies
Candidate hypernym: nervous tissue: tissue composed of neurons → 1
Candidate hypernym: shimmy: lively dancing (usually to ragtime music) with much shaking of the shoulders and hips → 0
Candidate hypernym: hex nut: a nut with a hexagonal shape → 0
Candidate hypernym: atrocity: an act of atrocious cruelty → 0
Candidate hypernym: candlesnuffer: an implement with a small cup at the end of a handle; used to extinguish the flame of a candle → 0
Candidate hypernym: bobwhite: a popular North American game bird; named for its call → 0
Candidate hypernym: sand: a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral → 0
Candidate hypernym: lawn chair: chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden → 0
Candidate hypernym: vigilance committee: a volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist → 0
Candidate hypernym: despair: a state in which all hope is lost or absent → 0
Candidate hypernym: theory: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena → 0