Term: backwater: a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: dome: a stadium that has a roof → 0
Candidate hypernym: hooke's law: (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced → 0
Candidate hypernym: parted leaf: a leaf having margins incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes → 0
Candidate hypernym: red fox: the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species → 0
Candidate hypernym: sting: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin → 0
Candidate hypernym: computer circuit: a circuit that is part of a computer → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild tobacco: tobacco plant of South America and Mexico → 0
Candidate hypernym: trading stamp: a token resembling a stamp given by a retailer to a buyer; the token is redeemable for articles on a special list → 0
Candidate hypernym: common fraction: the quotient of two integers → 0
Candidate hypernym: typical jerboa: small nocturnal jumping rodent with long hind legs; of arid parts of Asia and northern Africa → 0