Term: insulation: the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: venography: roentgenographic examination of veins → 0
Candidate hypernym: solo man: early man of late Pleistocene; skull resembles that of Neanderthal man but with smaller cranial capacity; found in Java → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal aviation agency: an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation → 0
Candidate hypernym: mafioso: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: sea raven: large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught → 0
Candidate hypernym: right: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing → 0
Candidate hypernym: crying: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) → 0
Candidate hypernym: toucher: a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something → 0
Candidate hypernym: guy: an informal term for a youth or man → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet false chamomile: annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior → 0