Term: elves: an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: incurrence: the act of incurring (making yourself subject to something undesirable) → 0
Candidate hypernym: staining: (histology) the use of a dye to color specimens for microscopic study → 0
Candidate hypernym: farmer's lung: alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay → 0
Candidate hypernym: deactivation: breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cirrhosis: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism → 0
Candidate hypernym: tolu: aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups → 0
Candidate hypernym: tudor arch: a low elliptical or pointed arch; usually drawn from four centers → 0
Candidate hypernym: vin ordinaire: cheap French table wine of unspecified origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: truffle: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe → 0
Candidate hypernym: accusation: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence → 0