Term: plaintiveness: expressing sorrowfulness
Candidate hypernym: attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: generally accepted accounting principles: a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice; includes broad guidelines as well as detailed procedures → 0
Candidate hypernym: mattress cover: bedclothes that provide a cover for a mattress → 0
Candidate hypernym: render: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls → 0
Candidate hypernym: red admiral: of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings → 0
Candidate hypernym: cloud grass: Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets → 0
Candidate hypernym: self-gratification: the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure → 0
Candidate hypernym: tarsitis: inflammation of the eyelid → 0
Candidate hypernym: woolly adelgid: an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: mayacaceae: a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales → 0
Candidate hypernym: bitch: an unpleasant difficulty → 0