Term: paradoxical sleep: a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
Candidate hypernym: sleep: a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended → 1
Candidate hypernym: acanthuridae: surgeonfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: shrike: any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: urticaceae: a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs → 0
Candidate hypernym: fabrication: a deliberately false or improbable account → 0
Candidate hypernym: transition: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another → 0
Candidate hypernym: pretension: a false or unsupportable quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: stretcher: a mechanical device used to make something larger (as shoes or gloves) by stretching it → 0
Candidate hypernym: arbutus: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America → 0
Candidate hypernym: sequence: serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern → 0
Candidate hypernym: pacifist: someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes → 0