Term: continental shelf: the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent
Candidate hypernym: ocean floor: the bottom of a sea or ocean → 1
Candidate hypernym: equisetum: horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: fistulinaceae: a family of fungi closely related to the family Polyporaceae except that the tubes on the undersurface of the cap are separate from each other → 0
Candidate hypernym: embarrassment: the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public → 0
Candidate hypernym: cat box: a receptacle for cat excrement → 0
Candidate hypernym: great plains paintbrush: hairy plant with pinkish flowers; Great Plains to northern Mexico → 0
Candidate hypernym: moss agate: an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings → 0
Candidate hypernym: accretion: (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) → 0
Candidate hypernym: backstop: a precaution in case of an emergency → 0
Candidate hypernym: butyrin: any of three glycerides of butyric acid → 0
Candidate hypernym: threat: a warning that something unpleasant is imminent → 0