Term: bastardy: the status of being born to parents who were not married
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: thickness: indistinct articulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: malthusian: a believer in Malthusian theory → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperthermia: abnormally high body temperature; sometimes induced (as in treating some forms of cancer) → 0
Candidate hypernym: epidemiologist: a medical scientist who studies the transmission and control of epidemic diseases → 0
Candidate hypernym: fragrant orchid: European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: state: the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation → 0
Candidate hypernym: rynchops: type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers → 0
Candidate hypernym: slenderness: the quality of being slight or inadequate → 0
Candidate hypernym: cloud bank: a layer of clouds seen from a distance → 0
Candidate hypernym: disembowelment: the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude → 0