Term: backfire: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Candidate hypernym: miscalculation: a mistake in calculating → 1
Candidate hypernym: underestimate: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow foxglove: European yellow-flowered foxglove → 0
Candidate hypernym: common basil: annual or perennial of tropical Asia having spikes of small white flowers and aromatic leaves; one of the most important culinary herbs; used in salads, casseroles, sauces and some liqueurs → 0
Candidate hypernym: squire: young nobleman attendant on a knight → 0
Candidate hypernym: big board: the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange → 0
Candidate hypernym: brown rot gummosis: disease of citrus trees caused by the fungus Phytophthora citrophthora → 0
Candidate hypernym: biscuit: small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda → 0
Candidate hypernym: hammer: a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw → 0
Candidate hypernym: machine gun: a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pacer: a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together → 0