Term: ligature: thread used by surgeons to bind a vessel (as to constrict the flow of blood)
Candidate hypernym: line: something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible → 1
Candidate hypernym: quarterlight: car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car → 0
Candidate hypernym: torrey pine: medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones → 0
Candidate hypernym: brandyball: a British candy flavored with brandy → 0
Candidate hypernym: pentameter: a verse line having five metrical feet → 0
Candidate hypernym: sod: an informal British term for a youth or man → 0
Candidate hypernym: flute: a tall narrow wineglass → 0
Candidate hypernym: physiological property: a property having to do with the functioning of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: swimmeret: one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming → 0
Candidate hypernym: killing: a very large profit → 0
Candidate hypernym: strategic buyout: an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power → 0