Term: conchology: the collection and study of mollusc shells
Candidate hypernym: collection: the act of gathering something together → 1
Candidate hypernym: jurisprudence: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do → 0
Candidate hypernym: tontine: an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant → 0
Candidate hypernym: ballast: an electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackboard: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk → 0
Candidate hypernym: puttyroot: North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: stair-rod: a rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps → 0
Candidate hypernym: pulse counter: an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses → 0
Candidate hypernym: coprinus: genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: tunnel: a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars) → 0
Candidate hypernym: china cabinet: a cabinet (usually with glass doors) for storing and displaying china → 0