Term: grapnel: a light anchor for small boats
Candidate hypernym: anchor: a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving → 1
Candidate hypernym: positivism: the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) → 0
Candidate hypernym: perch: a square rod of land → 0
Candidate hypernym: cooling system: a mechanism for keeping something cool → 0
Candidate hypernym: writing desk: a portable case containing writing materials and having a writing surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: nuclear family: a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner → 0
Candidate hypernym: acyclovir: an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms → 0
Candidate hypernym: suffragism: the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women) → 0
Candidate hypernym: archidiaconate: office or position of an archdeacon → 0
Candidate hypernym: currant: any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants → 0
Candidate hypernym: companion: one paid to accompany or assist or live with another → 0