Term: septicemic plague: an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
Candidate hypernym: epidemic disease: any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people → 1
Candidate hypernym: cost-plus contract: a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit → 0
Candidate hypernym: ichthyolatry: the worship of fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: distortion: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts → 0
Candidate hypernym: oven thermometer: a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven → 0
Candidate hypernym: troublemaker: someone who deliberately stirs up trouble → 0
Candidate hypernym: kit fox: small grey fox of the plains of western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: automaton: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way → 0
Candidate hypernym: fertility: the state of being fertile; capable of producing offspring → 0
Candidate hypernym: peristyle: a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court → 0
Candidate hypernym: urtica: a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax → 0