Term: astringency: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids
Candidate hypernym: contractility: the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter → 1
Candidate hypernym: luxury: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living → 0
Candidate hypernym: dilatory plea: a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer) → 0
Candidate hypernym: chicken scratch: cramped or illegible handwriting → 0
Candidate hypernym: digest: a periodical that summarizes the news → 0
Candidate hypernym: cachet: an indication of approved or superior status → 0
Candidate hypernym: unseemliness: a lack of consideration for others → 0
Candidate hypernym: seriola: a genus of Carangidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: hot war: actual fighting between the warring parties → 0
Candidate hypernym: bengali: an ethnic group speaking Bengali and living in Bangladesh and eastern India → 0
Candidate hypernym: intertrigo: chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs) → 0