Term: cipher: a secret method of writing
Candidate hypernym: writing: letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language → 1
Candidate hypernym: lisp: a speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th' → 0
Candidate hypernym: nonpareil: colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies → 0
Candidate hypernym: testing ground: a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation → 0
Candidate hypernym: unemployment compensation: payment by a United States agency to unemployed people → 0
Candidate hypernym: sick call: the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick → 0
Candidate hypernym: permanent magnet: a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field → 0
Candidate hypernym: plush: a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet → 0
Candidate hypernym: penance: voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing → 0
Candidate hypernym: loricata: former name for the order Crocodylia → 0
Candidate hypernym: mercalli scale: a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII → 0