Term: levirate: the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line
Candidate hypernym: institution: a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society → 1
Candidate hypernym: crown: the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel → 0
Candidate hypernym: special effect: an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cricket-bat willow: Eurasian willow tree having greyish leaves and ascending branches → 0
Candidate hypernym: roman candle: a cylindrical firework that projects a series of colored balls of fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: nim: game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table → 0
Candidate hypernym: half dollar: a United States coin worth half of a dollar → 0
Candidate hypernym: locative role: the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb → 0
Candidate hypernym: flowering raspberry: shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: cogitation: attentive consideration and meditation → 0
Candidate hypernym: potholder: an insulated pad for holding hot pots → 0