Term: cantus firmus: a melody used as the basis for a polyphonic composition
Candidate hypernym: music genre: an expressive style of music → 1
Candidate hypernym: cabbageworm: toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly → 0
Candidate hypernym: fortress: a fortified defensive structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: appraisal: the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth → 0
Candidate hypernym: siege: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack → 0
Candidate hypernym: fennel: fennel seeds are ground and used as a spice or as an ingredient of a spice mixture → 0
Candidate hypernym: distention: the act of expanding by pressure from within → 0
Candidate hypernym: ecclesiology: the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church → 0
Candidate hypernym: hotness: the presence of heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: zinnia: any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads → 0
Candidate hypernym: head: the striking part of a tool → 0