Term: ventriloquist's dummy: a wooden dummy into which a ventriloquist projects the voice
Candidate hypernym: dummy: a figure representing the human form → 1
Candidate hypernym: inoculant: a substance (a virus or toxin or immune serum) that is introduced into the body to produce or increase immunity to a particular disease → 0
Candidate hypernym: atomism: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association → 0
Candidate hypernym: protoarcheology: the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils → 0
Candidate hypernym: xanthoma: a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism → 0
Candidate hypernym: flesh fly: fly whose larvae feed on carrion or the flesh of living animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: gold of pleasure: annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: sleuth: a detective who follows a trail → 0
Candidate hypernym: nightmare: a situation resembling a terrifying dream → 0
Candidate hypernym: corselet: a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece → 0
Candidate hypernym: security blanket: anything that an adult person uses to reduce anxiety → 0