Term: contraction: the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Candidate hypernym: decrease: the act of decreasing or reducing something → 1
Candidate hypernym: filefish: narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine → 0
Candidate hypernym: petrolatum gauze: gauze saturated with petrolatum → 0
Candidate hypernym: workspace: space allocated for your work (as in an office) → 0
Candidate hypernym: trumpet creeper: a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: eristic: the art of logical disputation (especially if specious) → 0
Candidate hypernym: academia: the academic world → 0
Candidate hypernym: kentucky bluegrass: valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures → 0
Candidate hypernym: galena: soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead → 0
Candidate hypernym: whisker: a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat → 0
Candidate hypernym: nihilism: a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake → 0