Term: hot spot: a point of relatively intense heat or radiation
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: kuru: a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned → 0
Candidate hypernym: hamper: a basket usually with a cover → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyrilliaceae: shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia → 0
Candidate hypernym: gore: a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails → 0
Candidate hypernym: propositional logic: a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them → 0
Candidate hypernym: press conference: a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity → 0
Candidate hypernym: ski conditions: the amount and state of snow for skiing → 0
Candidate hypernym: straddle: the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date; consists of an equal number of put and call options → 0
Candidate hypernym: peacekeeper: someone who keeps peace → 0
Candidate hypernym: russian bank: solitaire with two players using separate packs → 0