Term: loose cannon: a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
Candidate hypernym: person: a human being → 1
Candidate hypernym: opal glass: a milky white translucent or opaque glass → 0
Candidate hypernym: fitfulness: the quality of being spasmodic and irregular → 0
Candidate hypernym: figure: a model of a bodily form (especially of a person) → 0
Candidate hypernym: procellariidae: petrels; fulmars; shearwaters → 0
Candidate hypernym: silhouette: a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color → 0
Candidate hypernym: bluestocking: a woman having literary or intellectual interests → 0
Candidate hypernym: cricket equipment: sports equipment used in playing cricket → 0
Candidate hypernym: hookup: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: overhang: projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetylene: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis → 0