Term: gauntlet: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
Candidate hypernym: event: something that happens at a given place and time → 1
Candidate hypernym: rocket propulsion: reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen → 0
Candidate hypernym: semimonthly: a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year) → 0
Candidate hypernym: plaster of paris: any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs → 0
Candidate hypernym: thought: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual → 0
Candidate hypernym: garden plant: any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden → 0
Candidate hypernym: sylvite: a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds → 0
Candidate hypernym: troubleshooter: a worker whose job is to locate and fix sources of trouble (especially in mechanical devices) → 0
Candidate hypernym: wankel engine: a rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts → 0
Candidate hypernym: ending: event whose occurrence ends something → 0
Candidate hypernym: tail fin: the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates → 0