Term: relapsing fever: marked by recurring high fever and transmitted by the bite of infected lice or ticks; characterized by episodes of high fever and chills and headache and muscle pain and nausea that recur every week or ten days for several months
Candidate hypernym: infectious disease: a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact → 1
Candidate hypernym: hagberry: small cherry much liked by birds → 0
Candidate hypernym: allspice tree: tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: chute: sloping channel through which things can descend → 0
Candidate hypernym: aging: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age → 0
Candidate hypernym: foul play: unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence) → 0
Candidate hypernym: garden huckleberry: improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: secondary emission: the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons → 0
Candidate hypernym: sauria: true lizards; including chameleons and geckos → 0
Candidate hypernym: featherbedding: the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required → 0
Candidate hypernym: twiner: someone who intertwines (e.g. threads) or forms something by twisting or interlacing → 0