Term: sprinkler system: a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature
Candidate hypernym: system: instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome: syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse → 0
Candidate hypernym: polioptila: New World gnatcatchers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ohmmeter: a meter for measuring electrical resistance in ohms → 0
Candidate hypernym: potentilla: chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemon: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory → 0
Candidate hypernym: naval blockade: the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power → 0
Candidate hypernym: sex: all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses → 0
Candidate hypernym: cahoot: collusion → 0
Candidate hypernym: locum tenens: someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession → 0
Candidate hypernym: home theater: television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater → 0