Term: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Candidate hypernym: psychoanalytic process: a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory → 1
Candidate hypernym: groaner: a person who groans → 0
Candidate hypernym: failure: an unexpected omission → 0
Candidate hypernym: rack: a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately → 0
Candidate hypernym: fingernail: the nail at the end of a finger → 0
Candidate hypernym: awl: a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes → 0
Candidate hypernym: nymphet: a sexually attractive young woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: cycadopsida: palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta) → 0
Candidate hypernym: barratry: (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo → 0
Candidate hypernym: foster-parent: a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child → 0
Candidate hypernym: burner: an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse) → 0