Term: waxing: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent
Candidate hypernym: increase: a change resulting in an increase → 1
Candidate hypernym: read-only memory chip: a memory chip providing read-only memory → 0
Candidate hypernym: retreated: people who have retreated → 0
Candidate hypernym: cytokine: any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system → 0
Candidate hypernym: villeinage: the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf → 0
Candidate hypernym: chimera: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon → 0
Candidate hypernym: phrenic nerve: one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing → 0
Candidate hypernym: anthropophagy: human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh → 0
Candidate hypernym: inside track: a favorable position in a competition → 0
Candidate hypernym: modality: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility → 0
Candidate hypernym: vicar: a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman → 0