Term: silly season: a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news
Candidate hypernym: time period: an amount of time → 1
Candidate hypernym: free-reed: a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture → 0
Candidate hypernym: sodium carbonate: a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper → 0
Candidate hypernym: conspicuous consumption: buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth → 0
Candidate hypernym: outdoors: where the air is unconfined → 0
Candidate hypernym: agavaceae: chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: virology: the branch of medical science that studies viruses and viral diseases → 0
Candidate hypernym: holy innocents' day: December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem → 0
Candidate hypernym: eeriness: strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear → 0
Candidate hypernym: gallbladder: a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion → 0
Candidate hypernym: dress suit: formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men → 0