Term: portcullis: gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: doldrums: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific → 0
Candidate hypernym: piggy bank: a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) → 0
Candidate hypernym: sedation: the administration of a sedative agent or drug → 0
Candidate hypernym: psychiatry: the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders → 0
Candidate hypernym: vesicaria: small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods → 0
Candidate hypernym: amygdalotomy: psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence) → 0
Candidate hypernym: puppeteer: one who operates puppets or marionettes → 0
Candidate hypernym: xanthophyceae: yellow-green algae → 0
Candidate hypernym: schmuck: (Yiddish) a jerk → 0
Candidate hypernym: wetland: a low area where the land is saturated with water → 0