Term: ligature: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: temporal bone: a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear → 0
Candidate hypernym: dispatch case: case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables → 0
Candidate hypernym: american standard code for information interchange: (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers → 0
Candidate hypernym: stalinist: a follower of Stalin and Stalinism → 0
Candidate hypernym: whittler: someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bata: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad → 0
Candidate hypernym: parthenocissus: woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils → 0
Candidate hypernym: militia: civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army → 0
Candidate hypernym: octroi: a tax on various goods brought into a town → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinese chestnut: a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China → 0