Term: ballad: a narrative poem of popular origin
Candidate hypernym: poem: a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines → 1
Candidate hypernym: kern: the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body → 0
Candidate hypernym: parochialism: a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish → 0
Candidate hypernym: croupier's rake: a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonallele: genes that are not competitors at the same locus → 0
Candidate hypernym: shad roe: roe of shad; may be parboiled or baked or sauteed gently → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus candida: a genus of yeastlike imperfect fungi; sometimes included in genus Monilia of the family Moniliaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: germ layer: (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: rapateaceae: South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: ortolan: brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy → 0
Candidate hypernym: fructification: organs of fruiting (especially the reproductive parts of ferns and mosses) → 0