Term: northwest: the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees
Candidate hypernym: direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves → 1
Candidate hypernym: tremor: a small earthquake → 0
Candidate hypernym: nomenklatura: the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled by committees in the Communist Party → 0
Candidate hypernym: geometry teacher: someone who teaches geometry → 0
Candidate hypernym: bondage: the state of being under the control of another person → 0
Candidate hypernym: yuman: a group of language of the Hokan family in Arizona and California and Mexico → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet bells: bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: gaseousness: having the consistency of a gas → 0
Candidate hypernym: shelf ice: ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea → 0
Candidate hypernym: schist: any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers → 0
Candidate hypernym: nectarine: a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin → 0