Term: contraction: (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
Candidate hypernym: change of magnitude: the act of changing the amount or size of something → 1
Candidate hypernym: snapping shrimp: small shrimp that makes a snapping noise with one of their enlarged chelae → 0
Candidate hypernym: spark gap: the gap between two high-potential terminals → 0
Candidate hypernym: foreground: (computer science) a window for an active application → 0
Candidate hypernym: information measure: a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the events that convey information → 0
Candidate hypernym: uplifting: the rise of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: emberiza: Old World buntings → 0
Candidate hypernym: quart: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters → 0
Candidate hypernym: pluralism: the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time → 0
Candidate hypernym: douche: irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents → 0
Candidate hypernym: dragee: pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy → 0