Term: climax: arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
Candidate hypernym: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect → 1
Candidate hypernym: aneroid barometer: a barometer that measures pressure without using fluids → 0
Candidate hypernym: game: your occupation or line of work → 0
Candidate hypernym: velar: a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate → 0
Candidate hypernym: bunchgrass: any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat; chiefly of western United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrub brush: a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning → 0
Candidate hypernym: master in public affairs: a master's degree in questions of public concern → 0
Candidate hypernym: calculation: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods → 0
Candidate hypernym: complex number: (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 → 0
Candidate hypernym: boehmenism: the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers → 0
Candidate hypernym: reference: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to → 0