Term: rocky mountain spotted fever: caused by rickettsial bacteria and transmitted by wood ticks
Candidate hypernym: state: the way something is with respect to its main attributes → 1
Candidate hypernym: quad: (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences → 0
Candidate hypernym: edda: either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology → 0
Candidate hypernym: focus: maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system → 0
Candidate hypernym: common scoter: a variety of scoter → 0
Candidate hypernym: methadone: synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction → 0
Candidate hypernym: freeboard deck: the uppermost watertight deck → 0
Candidate hypernym: glutamate: a salt or ester of glutamic acid → 0
Candidate hypernym: tuna: important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks → 0
Candidate hypernym: jus sanguinis: the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents → 0
Candidate hypernym: glaucomys: New World flying squirrels → 0