Term: dog days: the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
Candidate hypernym: time period: an amount of time → 1
Candidate hypernym: buffalo fish: any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley → 0
Candidate hypernym: asparagus: plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable → 0
Candidate hypernym: melanosis: a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin) → 0
Candidate hypernym: deep space: any region in space outside the solar system → 0
Candidate hypernym: old world white pelican: similar to American white pelican → 0
Candidate hypernym: spring cankerworm: variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata → 0
Candidate hypernym: tug-of-war: a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses → 0
Candidate hypernym: cornflower: an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: whitewash: a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects → 0
Candidate hypernym: seal: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions → 0