Term: menstrual cycle: a recurring cycle (beginning at menarche and ending at menopause) in which the endometrial lining of the uterus prepares for pregnancy; if pregnancy does not occur the lining is shed at menstruation
Candidate hypernym: cycle: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon → 1
Candidate hypernym: fastening: the act of fastening things together → 0
Candidate hypernym: pale ale: an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter → 0
Candidate hypernym: gradual: (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass → 0
Candidate hypernym: top of the line: the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise → 0
Candidate hypernym: precipitation: the process of forming a chemical precipitate → 0
Candidate hypernym: widowhood: the state of being a widow who has not remarried → 0
Candidate hypernym: jaboticaba: tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit grown in Brazil → 0
Candidate hypernym: kernig's sign: symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings → 0
Candidate hypernym: coal industry: the producers of coal considered collectively → 0
Candidate hypernym: torch song: a popular song concerned with disappointment in love → 0