Term: pencil: graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication
Candidate hypernym: graphite: used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors → 1
Candidate hypernym: bladder fern: any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori → 0
Candidate hypernym: maroon: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color → 0
Candidate hypernym: dome: a hemispherical roof → 0
Candidate hypernym: inachis: a genus of Nymphalidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: vena cava: either of two large veins that return oxygen-depleted blood to the right atrium of the heart → 0
Candidate hypernym: ragweed: any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma → 0
Candidate hypernym: value statement: a statement of the desirability of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: treachery: an act of deliberate betrayal → 0
Candidate hypernym: reductio ad absurdum: (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction → 0
Candidate hypernym: small business administration: an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts → 0