Term: jacob's ladder: (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps
Candidate hypernym: ladder: steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down → 1
Candidate hypernym: turbine: rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate → 0
Candidate hypernym: summary judgment: a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law → 0
Candidate hypernym: dementia: mental deterioration of organic or functional origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: litany: any long and tedious address or recital → 0
Candidate hypernym: picket ship: a ship serving as a picket → 0
Candidate hypernym: storm trooper: a member of the Nazi SA → 0
Candidate hypernym: waterside: land bordering a body of water → 0
Candidate hypernym: turpentine: obtained from conifers (especially pines) → 0
Candidate hypernym: evisceration: altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value → 0
Candidate hypernym: renaissance man: a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics → 0