Term: four-stroke engine: an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
Candidate hypernym: internal-combustion engine: a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine → 1
Candidate hypernym: moiety: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe → 0
Candidate hypernym: brail: a small net used to draw fish into a boat → 0
Candidate hypernym: brewer's yeast: yeast used in fermenting beer → 0
Candidate hypernym: color of law: a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law → 0
Candidate hypernym: dimple: a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin → 0
Candidate hypernym: cestum: Venus's girdle → 0
Candidate hypernym: match point: (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis) → 0
Candidate hypernym: jap: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent → 0
Candidate hypernym: saddlery: workshop where a saddler works → 0
Candidate hypernym: nod: the act of nodding the head → 0