Term: blind alley: (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
Candidate hypernym: course: a mode of action → 1
Candidate hypernym: spread eagle: a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line → 0
Candidate hypernym: paragraph: one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line → 0
Candidate hypernym: snap: the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand → 0
Candidate hypernym: opisthorchiasis: infestation with flukes obtained from eating raw fish; common in eastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: bearing: dignified manner or conduct → 0
Candidate hypernym: undescended testis: a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops → 0
Candidate hypernym: precious metal: any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarraceniales: plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyelogram: an X ray of the kidneys and ureters → 0
Candidate hypernym: helm: steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered → 0