Term: pyx: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept
Candidate hypernym: receptacle: a container that is used to put or keep things in → 1
Candidate hypernym: enigma canon: a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the 15th and 16th centuries) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mattock: a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle → 0
Candidate hypernym: scallop shell: a shell of a scallop → 0
Candidate hypernym: sucrose: a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent → 0
Candidate hypernym: pueblo: a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) → 0
Candidate hypernym: coscoroba: large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans → 0
Candidate hypernym: auction: a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyaluronidase: an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids → 0
Candidate hypernym: manila grass: lawn grass common in the Philippines; grown also in United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: wet nurse: a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else → 0