Term: wild-goose chase: the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable
Candidate hypernym: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria → 1
Candidate hypernym: poison milkweed: milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock → 0
Candidate hypernym: gin and tonic: gin and quinine water → 0
Candidate hypernym: classroom project: a school task requiring considerable effort → 0
Candidate hypernym: chief financial officer: the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm → 0
Candidate hypernym: tung oil: a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: studio couch: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed → 0
Candidate hypernym: etiolation: the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: construal: an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing → 0
Candidate hypernym: waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome: syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse → 0