Term: credit crunch: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: grammatical rule: a linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances → 0
Candidate hypernym: inguinal hernia: hernia in which a loop of intestine enters the inguinal canal; the most common type of hernia in males → 0
Candidate hypernym: proprioceptor: special nerve endings in the muscles and tendons and other organs that respond to stimuli regarding the position and movement of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: sickle alfalfa: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods → 0
Candidate hypernym: indent: an order for goods to be exported or imported → 0
Candidate hypernym: nucleus: a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction → 0
Candidate hypernym: gemmule: the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity → 0
Candidate hypernym: speed bump: a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonsteroid: an organic compound that does no contain a steroid → 0
Candidate hypernym: pentlandite: a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel → 0