Term: svengali: someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
Candidate hypernym: person: a human being → 1
Candidate hypernym: nidulariaceae: bird's-nest fungi → 0
Candidate hypernym: east india company: an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny → 0
Candidate hypernym: re-introduction: a proposal of something previously rejected → 0
Candidate hypernym: valediction: the act of saying farewell → 0
Candidate hypernym: tax lien: lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fast lane: the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly → 0
Candidate hypernym: fusion: the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words → 0
Candidate hypernym: hop pole: a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained → 0
Candidate hypernym: crimson: a deep and vivid red color → 0
Candidate hypernym: marsh wren: a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes → 0