Term: short ton: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Candidate hypernym: avoirdupois unit: any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights → 1
Candidate hypernym: cordierite: a blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone → 0
Candidate hypernym: caller: the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands → 0
Candidate hypernym: bent: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way → 0
Candidate hypernym: sexual desire: a desire for sexual intimacy → 0
Candidate hypernym: arrack: any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses → 0
Candidate hypernym: passing shot: a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net → 0
Candidate hypernym: third party: someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction → 0
Candidate hypernym: caiman: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly → 0
Candidate hypernym: avestan: the script in which the ancient Persian language of the Avesta is written → 0
Candidate hypernym: reproductive cloning: making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother → 0