Term: bastinado: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
Candidate hypernym: persecution: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) → 1
Candidate hypernym: knuckle: a joint of a finger when the fist is closed → 0
Candidate hypernym: taw: a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles → 0
Candidate hypernym: common law: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws → 0
Candidate hypernym: toastmaster: the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet → 0
Candidate hypernym: distaff: the sphere of work by women → 0
Candidate hypernym: salol: a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release → 0
Candidate hypernym: credit crunch: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high → 0
Candidate hypernym: turret clock: a clock with more than one dial to show the time in all directions from a tower → 0
Candidate hypernym: autoeroticism: using you own body as a sexual object → 0
Candidate hypernym: conglomerate: a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization → 0