Term: throwing stick: a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: degree of a term: the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term → 0
Candidate hypernym: folsom culture: the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: toy terrier: a small active dog → 0
Candidate hypernym: celastraceae: trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: purine: a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances → 0
Candidate hypernym: cock's eggs: weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: chokehold: a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind → 0
Candidate hypernym: gulf: an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay → 0
Candidate hypernym: farina: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings → 0
Candidate hypernym: agave: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber → 0