Term: softener: a substance added to another to make it less hard
Candidate hypernym: chemical: material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules → 1
Candidate hypernym: white elephant: albinic Indian elephant; rare and sometimes venerated in east Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: gunpowder plot: a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes → 0
Candidate hypernym: celtuce: lettuce valued especially for its edible stems → 0
Candidate hypernym: cube: any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone → 0
Candidate hypernym: pillbox: a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinball: a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets → 0
Candidate hypernym: escort: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them → 0
Candidate hypernym: sales incentive: remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal → 0
Candidate hypernym: ancient history: knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence → 0
Candidate hypernym: counterargument: an argument offered in opposition to another argument → 0