Term: earplug: a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise
Candidate hypernym: blockage: an obstruction in a pipe or tube → 1
Candidate hypernym: mescal bean: shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans → 0
Candidate hypernym: unholiness: the quality of being unholy → 0
Candidate hypernym: salmon: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn → 0
Candidate hypernym: prototherian: primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea → 0
Candidate hypernym: street name: slang for something (especially for an illegal drug) → 0
Candidate hypernym: affricate: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') → 0
Candidate hypernym: rigging: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails → 0
Candidate hypernym: north: the direction in which a compass needle points → 0
Candidate hypernym: traveler's letter of credit: a letter of credit given to a traveler → 0
Candidate hypernym: alternative pleading: a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on → 0