Term: mortar: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
Candidate hypernym: artifact: a man-made object taken as a whole → 1
Candidate hypernym: bachelor of music: a bachelor's degree in music → 0
Candidate hypernym: coyote: small wolf native to western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: aeciospore: spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium → 0
Candidate hypernym: araucaria: any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: pediculicide: a chemical agent that kills lice → 0
Candidate hypernym: merovingian: a member of the Merovingian dynasty → 0
Candidate hypernym: artificial joint: a metal or plastic part that is surgically implanted to replace a natural joint (possibly elbow or wrist but usually hip or knee) → 0
Candidate hypernym: shivaism: worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon → 0
Candidate hypernym: quartering: dividing into four equal parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: neocolonialism: control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures → 0