Term: aphesis: the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'
Candidate hypernym: omission: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases → 1
Candidate hypernym: calystegia: climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed → 0
Candidate hypernym: quitclaim: act of transferring a title or right or claim to another → 0
Candidate hypernym: background: the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground → 0
Candidate hypernym: obelisk: a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top → 0
Candidate hypernym: ala: a wing of an insect → 0
Candidate hypernym: urochord: a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region → 0
Candidate hypernym: infarct: localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply → 0
Candidate hypernym: hilum: the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle → 0
Candidate hypernym: able seaman: a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills → 0
Candidate hypernym: comanche: a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma → 0