Term: defenselessness: the property of being helpless in the face of attack
Candidate hypernym: property: a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class → 1
Candidate hypernym: patriarchy: a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line → 0
Candidate hypernym: abdominal cavity: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm → 0
Candidate hypernym: west wind: wind that blows from west to east → 0
Candidate hypernym: toggle: any instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time → 0
Candidate hypernym: tiger cat: a cat having a striped coat → 0
Candidate hypernym: portwatcher: a watchman on a wharf → 0
Candidate hypernym: guesthouse: a house separate from the main house; for housing guests → 0
Candidate hypernym: diverticulitis: inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation → 0
Candidate hypernym: june beetle: any of various large usually brown North American leaf-eating beetles common in late spring; the larvae feed on roots of grasses etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: operculum: a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted → 0