Term: lifeline: support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
Candidate hypernym: determinant: a determining or causal element or factor → 1
Candidate hypernym: expedience: the quality of being suited to the end in view → 0
Candidate hypernym: center: a building dedicated to a particular activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: iroquois: any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution → 0
Candidate hypernym: tom: (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites → 0
Candidate hypernym: persona non grata: a diplomat who is unacceptable to the government to which he is sent → 0
Candidate hypernym: american crayfish: common large crayfishes of eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: buckle: fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong → 0
Candidate hypernym: sunsuit: a child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts → 0
Candidate hypernym: hydrocharis: frogbit → 0
Candidate hypernym: abseiler: a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point → 0