Term: deus ex machina: any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
Candidate hypernym: causal agent: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results → 1
Candidate hypernym: cryonics: the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life → 0
Candidate hypernym: scattering: the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions → 0
Candidate hypernym: dandruff: a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp → 0
Candidate hypernym: balanitis: inflammation of the head of the penis → 0
Candidate hypernym: navy base: base of operations for a naval fleet → 0
Candidate hypernym: niemann-pick disease: a disorder of lipid metabolism that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait → 0
Candidate hypernym: voltage drop: a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing → 0
Candidate hypernym: factor of proportionality: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality → 0
Candidate hypernym: drawers: underpants worn by men → 0
Candidate hypernym: emptiness: the state of containing nothing → 0