Term: pyramid: (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
Candidate hypernym: speculation: an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits → 1
Candidate hypernym: mastoid: process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull → 0
Candidate hypernym: chaise: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse → 0
Candidate hypernym: sensitivity: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) → 0
Candidate hypernym: transduction: (genetics) the process of transfering genetic material from one cell to another by a plasmid or bacteriophage → 0
Candidate hypernym: viscacha: gregarious burrowing rodent larger than the chinchillas → 0
Candidate hypernym: sea louse: marine isopod crustacean → 0
Candidate hypernym: subscription: agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name → 0
Candidate hypernym: obstruction: the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction → 0
Candidate hypernym: joe-pye weed: North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple → 0
Candidate hypernym: holdup man: an armed thief → 0