Term: thaw: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
Candidate hypernym: relaxation: an occurrence of control or strength weakening → 1
Candidate hypernym: surgical instrument: a medical instrument used in surgery → 0
Candidate hypernym: acclaim: enthusiastic approval → 0
Candidate hypernym: tajik: an ethnic group (mostly Moslem) living in Tajikistan and neighboring areas of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan and China → 0
Candidate hypernym: biochip: a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment → 0
Candidate hypernym: bishop pine: two-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: sputter: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) → 0
Candidate hypernym: abhorrer: a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred → 0
Candidate hypernym: abscission: shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: guyanese: a native or inhabitant of Guyana → 0
Candidate hypernym: baddeleyite: a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide → 0