Term: basic english: a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: eiderdown: down of the eider duck → 0
Candidate hypernym: little potato: rhizoctinia disease of potatoes → 0
Candidate hypernym: master of fine arts: a master's degree in fine arts → 0
Candidate hypernym: water-cooled reactor: nuclear reactor using water as a coolant → 0
Candidate hypernym: degaussing: the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field → 0
Candidate hypernym: psychodidae: very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies → 0
Candidate hypernym: fever tree: ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever → 0
Candidate hypernym: communism: a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society → 0
Candidate hypernym: cotillion: a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century → 0
Candidate hypernym: base metal: a metal that is common and not considered precious → 0