Term: defensive: an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
Candidate hypernym: attitude: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways → 1
Candidate hypernym: mononeuropathy: any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk → 0
Candidate hypernym: flurbiprofen: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Ansaid) that is administered only orally → 0
Candidate hypernym: bed-wetting: enuresis during sleep; especially common in children (who usually outgrow it) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bulk modulus: the ratio of the change in pressure acting on a volume to the fractional change in volume → 0
Candidate hypernym: alendronate: a tablet (trade name Fosamax) prescribed to prevent or treat osteoporosis in women after menopause → 0
Candidate hypernym: pulse: edible seeds of various pod-bearing plants (peas or beans or lentils etc.) → 0
Candidate hypernym: communication system: facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information → 0
Candidate hypernym: lilium: type genus of Liliaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: involutional depression: a major depressive episode associated with the climacteric → 0
Candidate hypernym: training: activity leading to skilled behavior → 0