Term: thumbscrew: screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: one-sixteenth: one part in sixteen equal parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: tribe: a social division of (usually preliterate) people → 0
Candidate hypernym: asininity: the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness → 0
Candidate hypernym: attorney general: the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department → 0
Candidate hypernym: indirection: deceitful action that is not straightforward → 0
Candidate hypernym: stock warrant: a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time → 0
Candidate hypernym: steel: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range → 0
Candidate hypernym: stubbornness: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires → 0
Candidate hypernym: bevel: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees → 0
Candidate hypernym: bladderwort: any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals → 0