Term: leaven: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
Candidate hypernym: imponderable: a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed → 1
Candidate hypernym: nondriver: a person who is not a driver → 0
Candidate hypernym: cone pepper: plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus bacillus: type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites → 0
Candidate hypernym: felon: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail → 0
Candidate hypernym: bristly locust: large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: meadow salsify: weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: plasticizer: a substance added to plastics or other materials to make them more pliable → 0
Candidate hypernym: business: the volume of commercial activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: occultism: a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control → 0
Candidate hypernym: persona grata: a diplomat who is acceptable to the government to which he is sent → 0