Term: tontine: a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of a participant his share is distributed to the remaining members
Candidate hypernym: life insurance: insurance paid to named beneficiaries when the insured person dies → 1
Candidate hypernym: somatosense: any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain → 0
Candidate hypernym: decumaria: small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: indo-iranian: the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups → 0
Candidate hypernym: flatness: a want of animation or brilliance → 0
Candidate hypernym: jumping orchid: orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected → 0
Candidate hypernym: brill: European food fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: sow: an adult female hog → 0
Candidate hypernym: heat engine: any engine that makes use of heat to do work → 0
Candidate hypernym: virgilia: genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods → 0
Candidate hypernym: chop suey: meat or fish stir-fried with vegetables (e.g., celery, onions, peppers or bean sprouts) seasoned with ginger and garlic and soy sauce; served with rice; created in the United States and frequently served in Chinese restaurants there → 0