Term: decay: the process of gradually becoming inferior
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: excellency: a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her' → 0
Candidate hypernym: usherette: a female usher → 0
Candidate hypernym: cydonia: quince → 0
Candidate hypernym: cygnus: a genus of Anatidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: cordaites: tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers → 0
Candidate hypernym: wu: a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta → 0
Candidate hypernym: tornado: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: dextrorotation: rotation to the right → 0
Candidate hypernym: coronation: the ceremony of installing a new monarch → 0
Candidate hypernym: quartz crystal: a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency; used in crystal oscillators → 0