Term: descant: a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody
Candidate hypernym: accompaniment: a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts → 1
Candidate hypernym: diflunisal: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions → 0
Candidate hypernym: flatness: the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss → 0
Candidate hypernym: fall: the season when the leaves fall from the trees → 0
Candidate hypernym: burdensomeness: unwelcome burdensome difficulty → 0
Candidate hypernym: stage dancing: a show involving artistic dancing → 0
Candidate hypernym: timer: a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end → 0
Candidate hypernym: time-delay measuring instrument: chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events → 0
Candidate hypernym: cigar band: a narrow paper band around a cigar → 0
Candidate hypernym: standard cell: a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force → 0
Candidate hypernym: planck's law: (physics) the basis of quantum theory; the energy of electromagnetic waves is contained in indivisible quanta that have to be radiated or absorbed as a whole; the magnitude is proportional to frequency where the constant of proportionality is given by Planck's constant → 0