Term: shipworm: wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: clouding: the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky → 0
Candidate hypernym: triiodothyronine: thyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantity; exerts the same biological effects as thyroxine but is more potent and briefer → 0
Candidate hypernym: correlation table: a two-way tabulation of the relations between correlates; row headings are the scores on one variable and column headings are the scores on the second variables and a cell shows how many times the score on that row was associated with the score in that column → 0
Candidate hypernym: proposition: a task to be dealt with → 0
Candidate hypernym: waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome: syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse → 0
Candidate hypernym: partitionist: an advocate of partitioning a country → 0
Candidate hypernym: color vision: the normal ability to see colors → 0
Candidate hypernym: black duck: a dusky duck of northeastern United States and Canada → 0
Candidate hypernym: engagement ring: a ring given and worn as a sign of betrothal → 0
Candidate hypernym: sunset: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon → 0