Term: derringer: a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
Candidate hypernym: instrumentality: an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end → 1
Candidate hypernym: sable: an artist's brush made of sable hairs → 0
Candidate hypernym: principal: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account → 0
Candidate hypernym: deipnosophist: someone skilled at informal chitchat → 0
Candidate hypernym: caterpillar: a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth → 0
Candidate hypernym: synecdoche: substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa → 0
Candidate hypernym: white spruce: medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones → 0
Candidate hypernym: gecko: any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards typically with immovable eyelids; completely harmless → 0
Candidate hypernym: rhinotomy: surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus → 0
Candidate hypernym: spring chicken: a young chicken having tender meat → 0
Candidate hypernym: competitiveness: an aggressive willingness to compete → 0