Term: dead hand: the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
Candidate hypernym: power: possession of controlling influence → 1
Candidate hypernym: central powers: in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfingers: someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball) → 0
Candidate hypernym: common hyacinth: widely grown for its fragrance and its white, pink, blue, or purplish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: purple silkweed: perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: close quarters: a situation of being uncomfortably close to someone or something → 0
Candidate hypernym: natural science: the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena → 0
Candidate hypernym: crystallographer: a specialist in crystallography → 0
Candidate hypernym: zigzag: an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions → 0
Candidate hypernym: coral root: a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor → 0
Candidate hypernym: utility routine: a routine that can be used as needed → 0