Term: fits and starts: repeated bursts of activity
Candidate hypernym: burst: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason) → 1
Candidate hypernym: gemma: small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual → 0
Candidate hypernym: past master: someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: frieze: an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice → 0
Candidate hypernym: sorgo: any of several sorghums cultivated as a source of syrup → 0
Candidate hypernym: microradian: a unit of angular distance equal to one thousandth of a milliradian → 0
Candidate hypernym: sewing-machine operator: someone who sews by operating a sewing machine → 0
Candidate hypernym: bill: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered → 0
Candidate hypernym: garuda: a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount → 0
Candidate hypernym: half binding: book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another → 0
Candidate hypernym: agonidae: poachers → 0