Term: sheepshank: a knot for shortening a line
Candidate hypernym: knot: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object → 1
Candidate hypernym: windsor tie: a wide necktie worn in a loose bow → 0
Candidate hypernym: dugout: either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow spiny daisy: slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads → 0
Candidate hypernym: star saxifrage: small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: containment: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading → 0
Candidate hypernym: pill: something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfly weed: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: abandoned person: someone for whom hope has been abandoned → 0
Candidate hypernym: dorsal fin: unpaired median fin on the backs of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates that help to maintain balance → 0
Candidate hypernym: xenon: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts → 0