Term: silencer: short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
Candidate hypernym: tube: conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases → 1
Candidate hypernym: morphophonemics: the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs of the morphemes of a language → 0
Candidate hypernym: depth charge: a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device → 0
Candidate hypernym: plains indian: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: pine spittlebug: North American insect that attacks pines → 0
Candidate hypernym: oven stuffer: a brand name for a roasting chicken → 0
Candidate hypernym: seabeach sandwort: perennial succulent herb with small solitary axillary or terminal flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: frying: cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle → 0
Candidate hypernym: halobacteria: halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus artemisia: usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon → 0
Candidate hypernym: quadrate: a square-shaped object → 0