Term: tonsure: shaving the crown of the head by priests or members of a monastic order
Candidate hypernym: improvement: the act of improving something → 1
Candidate hypernym: cast: the act of throwing dice → 0
Candidate hypernym: nerve cell: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses → 0
Candidate hypernym: snuffler: a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus) → 0
Candidate hypernym: restraint: a device that retards something's motion → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnetograph: a scientific instrument that registers magnetic variations (especially variations of the earth's magnetic field) → 0
Candidate hypernym: trespass viet armis: trespass with force and arms resulting in injury to another's person or property → 0
Candidate hypernym: bloodleaf: any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage → 0
Candidate hypernym: stipulation: (law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record → 0
Candidate hypernym: penetration: the ability to make way into or through something → 0
Candidate hypernym: shipping fever: a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market) → 0