Term: slasher: a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
Candidate hypernym: weapon: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting → 1
Candidate hypernym: slide rule: analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators → 0
Candidate hypernym: videodisk: a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set → 0
Candidate hypernym: bb: a small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun → 0
Candidate hypernym: convalescence: gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury → 0
Candidate hypernym: colony: one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: designatum: something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression → 0
Candidate hypernym: muscoidea: two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: oral contraception: contraception achieved by taking oral contraceptive pills → 0
Candidate hypernym: clinid: mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds → 0
Candidate hypernym: absolute threshold: the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect → 0