Term: distaff: the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
Candidate hypernym: staff: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: matter: that which has mass and occupies space → 0
Candidate hypernym: ward: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections → 0
Candidate hypernym: birthwort: creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: lisp: a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' → 0
Candidate hypernym: voyager: a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hammer: a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking → 0
Candidate hypernym: ruck: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things → 0
Candidate hypernym: haemosporidian: minute protozoans parasitic at some stage of the life cycle in blood cells of vertebrates including many pathogens → 0
Candidate hypernym: timbale: small pastry shell for creamy mixtures of minced foods → 0
Candidate hypernym: smart card: a plastic card containing a microprocessor that enables the holder to perform operations requiring data that is stored in the microprocessor; typically used to perform financial transactions → 0