Term: worm gear: gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
Candidate hypernym: gear: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion → 1
Candidate hypernym: strap: a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag → 0
Candidate hypernym: misanthrope: someone who dislikes people in general → 0
Candidate hypernym: anecdotist: a person skilled in telling anecdotes → 0
Candidate hypernym: obsessive: a person who has obsessions → 0
Candidate hypernym: kniphofia: a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: anathema: a detested person → 0
Candidate hypernym: rattlesnake fern: American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle → 0
Candidate hypernym: canape: an appetizer consisting usually of a thin slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or cheese or other savory food → 0
Candidate hypernym: congo copal: copal found usually as a fossil → 0
Candidate hypernym: loanword: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English → 0