Term: mcguffin: (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
Candidate hypernym: plot element: a component or element of the plot of a story → 1
Candidate hypernym: wineskin: an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine → 0
Candidate hypernym: equipment: an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service → 0
Candidate hypernym: occupational safety and health administration: a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment → 0
Candidate hypernym: simple pendulum: a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length → 0
Candidate hypernym: boom: any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring → 0
Candidate hypernym: radiolarian: protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous pseudopods → 0
Candidate hypernym: moon: any object resembling a moon → 0
Candidate hypernym: native pear: tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp → 0
Candidate hypernym: prejudgment: a judgment reached before the evidence is available → 0
Candidate hypernym: extortion: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority) → 0