Term: reciprocating engine: an internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders
Candidate hypernym: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end → 1
Candidate hypernym: blind alley: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement → 0
Candidate hypernym: shower curtain: a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area → 0
Candidate hypernym: prepuce: a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris → 0
Candidate hypernym: carp: the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised → 0
Candidate hypernym: beagle: a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound → 0
Candidate hypernym: great year: time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years → 0
Candidate hypernym: laparoscope: a slender endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall in order to examine the abdominal organs or to perform minor surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: digitigrade mammal: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses → 0
Candidate hypernym: certitude: total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant → 0
Candidate hypernym: argosy: one or more large merchant ships → 0