Term: vivisection: the act of operating on living animals (especially in scientific research)
Candidate hypernym: operation: a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body → 1
Candidate hypernym: ophiuroidea: brittle stars and basket stars → 0
Candidate hypernym: anagasta: moth whose larvae are flour moths → 0
Candidate hypernym: intermittence: the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping → 0
Candidate hypernym: reception: the manner in which something is greeted → 0
Candidate hypernym: station: the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station → 0
Candidate hypernym: stylization: the act of stylizing; causing to conform to a particular style → 0
Candidate hypernym: hawthorn: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus → 0
Candidate hypernym: weeds: a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning → 0
Candidate hypernym: purse string: a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackmail: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information → 0