Term: boustrophedon: an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally `as the ox ploughs'
Candidate hypernym: orthography: a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols → 1
Candidate hypernym: stakeout: surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime) → 0
Candidate hypernym: perisperm: the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: april fools': the first day of April which is celebrated by playing practical jokes → 0
Candidate hypernym: clasp: the act of grasping → 0
Candidate hypernym: calculus of variations: the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals → 0
Candidate hypernym: alumina: any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally as corundum → 0
Candidate hypernym: staggers: a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling → 0
Candidate hypernym: glossary: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field → 0
Candidate hypernym: weevil: any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles → 0
Candidate hypernym: earthball: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles → 0