Term: hail: precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
Candidate hypernym: precipitation: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) → 1
Candidate hypernym: heterogeneity: the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind → 0
Candidate hypernym: lily of the valley: low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries → 0
Candidate hypernym: anticlimax: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one → 0
Candidate hypernym: rheumatic aortitis: aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever → 0
Candidate hypernym: knotgrass: low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems → 0
Candidate hypernym: department of health and human services: the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-heal: decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: disposable: an item that can be disposed of after it has been used → 0
Candidate hypernym: cedar chest: a chest made of cedar → 0
Candidate hypernym: minyan: the quorum required by Jewish law to be present for public worship (at least ten males over thirteen years of age) → 0