Term: stiffening: the act of becoming stiff
Candidate hypernym: procedure: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result → 1
Candidate hypernym: high altar: the main altar in a church → 0
Candidate hypernym: nationalization: the action of forming or becoming a nation → 0
Candidate hypernym: mizzenmast: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy → 0
Candidate hypernym: horse tick: winged fly parasitic on horses → 0
Candidate hypernym: wind: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure → 0
Candidate hypernym: bank holiday: any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain → 0
Candidate hypernym: cyclicity: the quality of recurring at regular intervals → 0
Candidate hypernym: thane: a feudal lord or baron → 0
Candidate hypernym: cookie: any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) → 0
Candidate hypernym: letters of administration: legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named → 0