Term: desperate measure: desperate actions taken as a means to an end
Candidate hypernym: means: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved → 1
Candidate hypernym: saury: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters → 0
Candidate hypernym: tagger: someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter → 0
Candidate hypernym: product research: marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service → 0
Candidate hypernym: silver plate: tableware that is plated with silver → 0
Candidate hypernym: javelle water: an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite → 0
Candidate hypernym: vallisneria: eelgrass; eel grass → 0
Candidate hypernym: sumo ring: the circular ring in which Sumo wrestlers compete → 0
Candidate hypernym: rosicrucianism: the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption; claims various occult powers → 0
Candidate hypernym: m2: a measure of the money supply; M1 plus net time deposits (other than large certificates of deposit) → 0
Candidate hypernym: adelges: type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice → 0