Term: flagellation: beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
Candidate hypernym: beating: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows → 1
Candidate hypernym: homo sapiens: the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc → 0
Candidate hypernym: texas chachalaca: of Mexico and Texas → 0
Candidate hypernym: blasting gelatin: mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin → 0
Candidate hypernym: reactance: opposition to the flow of electric current resulting from inductance and capacitance (rather than resistance) → 0
Candidate hypernym: reproach: disgrace or shame → 0
Candidate hypernym: portuguese monetary unit: monetary unit in Portugal → 0
Candidate hypernym: heat lightning: bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds → 0
Candidate hypernym: agronomist: an expert in soil management and field-crop production → 0
Candidate hypernym: speed: distance travelled per unit time → 0
Candidate hypernym: mexican sunflower: any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays → 0