Term: oakum: loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
Candidate hypernym: substance: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists → 1
Candidate hypernym: baronet: a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight → 0
Candidate hypernym: spark: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction → 0
Candidate hypernym: laurelwood: tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild hyacinth: eastern camas; eastern and central North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: woolly daisy: tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum → 0
Candidate hypernym: nganasan: a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus bison: sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo → 0
Candidate hypernym: penny: a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound → 0
Candidate hypernym: smaltite: a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel → 0
Candidate hypernym: master of fine arts: a master's degree in fine arts → 0