Term: support system: a network of facilities and people who interact and remain in informal communication for mutual assistance; a network that enables you to live in a certain style
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: plexus dentalis: a plexus of nerves serving the teeth → 0
Candidate hypernym: valvular incompetence: inability of a bodily valve to close completely → 0
Candidate hypernym: contact: the act of touching physically → 0
Candidate hypernym: spiral: a continuously accelerating change in the economy → 0
Candidate hypernym: side: a line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure → 0
Candidate hypernym: oriental beetle: introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses → 0
Candidate hypernym: joystick: a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ulva: type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce → 0
Candidate hypernym: apostasy: the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: torch: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance → 0