Term: groundwork: preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: wild geranium: common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: alveolar ectasia: abnormal enlargement of the air sacs in the lungs → 0
Candidate hypernym: ridley: a marine turtle → 0
Candidate hypernym: saponification: a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap) → 0
Candidate hypernym: staple: a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn → 0
Candidate hypernym: cutter: a cutting implement; a tool for cutting → 0
Candidate hypernym: ridley: a marine turtle → 0
Candidate hypernym: equivalent: the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen → 0
Candidate hypernym: tongue twister: an expression that is difficult to articulate clearly → 0
Candidate hypernym: fetishism: sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs) → 0