Term: throwster: a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
Candidate hypernym: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently → 1
Candidate hypernym: desiccant: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) → 0
Candidate hypernym: e: the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282... → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus alstroemeria: genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: rafter: one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof → 0
Candidate hypernym: commission on narcotic drugs: the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with drug traffic → 0
Candidate hypernym: yana: a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California → 0
Candidate hypernym: nebula: an immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space → 0
Candidate hypernym: coordinate system: a system that uses coordinates to establish position → 0
Candidate hypernym: paca: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central America; highly esteemed as food → 0
Candidate hypernym: grimes' golden: yellow apple that ripens in late autumn; eaten raw → 0