Term: guillotine: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
Candidate hypernym: instrument of execution: an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person → 1
Candidate hypernym: stock company: a company whose capital is represented by stock → 0
Candidate hypernym: cabinet: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackshirt: a member of the Italian fascist party before World War II → 0
Candidate hypernym: west northwest: the compass point midway between west and northwest → 0
Candidate hypernym: scatter: the act of scattering → 0
Candidate hypernym: honeycreeper: small bright-colored tropical American songbird with a curved bill for sucking nectar → 0
Candidate hypernym: ion beam: a beam of ions moving in the same direction at the same speed → 0
Candidate hypernym: teaching certificate: a certificate saying that the holder is qualified to teach in the public schools → 0
Candidate hypernym: valvotomy: incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction → 0
Candidate hypernym: frostiness: coldness as evidenced by frost → 0