Term: desperate: a person who is frightened and in need of help
Candidate hypernym: unfortunate: a person who suffers misfortune → 1
Candidate hypernym: starer: a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) → 0
Candidate hypernym: rydberg: a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element → 0
Candidate hypernym: night-blooming cereus: any of several cacti of the genus Cereus → 0
Candidate hypernym: turnery: workshop where objects are made on a lathe → 0
Candidate hypernym: polyvinyl acetate: a vinyl polymer used especially in paints or adhesives → 0
Candidate hypernym: painting: the act of applying paint to a surface → 0
Candidate hypernym: gravitational collapse: the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object → 0
Candidate hypernym: dacha: Russian country house → 0
Candidate hypernym: broadcast area: the area over which a radio or tv transmission can be received → 0
Candidate hypernym: niger-congo: a family of African language spoken in west Africa → 0