Term: midrash: (Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text
Candidate hypernym: comment: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material → 1
Candidate hypernym: patriarch: a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself → 0
Candidate hypernym: ixodidae: hard ticks → 0
Candidate hypernym: passing shot: a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached the net → 0
Candidate hypernym: courtliness: elegance suggestive of a royal court → 0
Candidate hypernym: restless legs syndrome: feeling of uneasiness and restlessness in the legs after going to bed (sometimes causing insomnia); may be relieved temporarily by walking or moving the legs → 0
Candidate hypernym: accessory cephalic vein: a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow → 0
Candidate hypernym: nominating speech: an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election → 0
Candidate hypernym: deviationist: an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) → 0
Candidate hypernym: bonsai: a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot → 0
Candidate hypernym: bit: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole → 0