Term: professional football: football played for pay
Candidate hypernym: football: any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal → 1
Candidate hypernym: m-theory: (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemma: a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition → 0
Candidate hypernym: etiolation: the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: liege: a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service → 0
Candidate hypernym: second empire: the imperial government of Napoleon III in France from 1852-1870 → 0
Candidate hypernym: patrician: a person of refined upbringing and manners → 0
Candidate hypernym: ticktock: steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock → 0
Candidate hypernym: avenue: a wide street or thoroughfare → 0
Candidate hypernym: baker's eczema: allergic eczema caused by flour or other ingredients handled by bakers → 0
Candidate hypernym: jack-in-the-box: plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened → 0