Term: desquamation: loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
Candidate hypernym: organic phenomenon: (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals → 1
Candidate hypernym: cold cathode: a cathode that is a source of electrons without being heated → 0
Candidate hypernym: conversion: a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown → 0
Candidate hypernym: sideroblastic anemia: refractory anemia characterized by sideroblasts in the bone marrow → 0
Candidate hypernym: smashing: the act of breaking something into small pieces → 0
Candidate hypernym: camp meeting: religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days → 0
Candidate hypernym: sagebrush mariposa tulip: mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California → 0
Candidate hypernym: antrozous: a genus of Vespertilionidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: commercial artist: an illustrator who is supported by advertising → 0
Candidate hypernym: parietal pleura: pleura that lines the inner chest walls and covers the diaphragm → 0
Candidate hypernym: profiteer: someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) → 0