Term: oakum: loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
Candidate hypernym: fiber: a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn → 1
Candidate hypernym: crooning: singing in a soft low tone → 0
Candidate hypernym: el salvadoran monetary unit: monetary unit in El Salvador → 0
Candidate hypernym: house of commons: the lower house of the British parliament → 0
Candidate hypernym: federal tax lien: lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonobservance: a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: viola d'amore: viol that is the tenor of the viol family → 0
Candidate hypernym: echoencephalogram: a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph → 0
Candidate hypernym: taxidriver: someone who drives a taxi for a living → 0
Candidate hypernym: cordoba: the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos → 0
Candidate hypernym: killer: someone who causes the death of a person or animal → 0