Term: staggered board of directors: a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually
Candidate hypernym: board: a committee having supervisory powers → 1
Candidate hypernym: dependent variable: (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable → 0
Candidate hypernym: return: (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble → 0
Candidate hypernym: sigmoidoscope: an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon → 0
Candidate hypernym: kvass: fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley → 0
Candidate hypernym: fortieth: position 40 in a countable series of things → 0
Candidate hypernym: potassium cyanide: a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography → 0
Candidate hypernym: suer: someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right → 0
Candidate hypernym: clatter: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement) → 0
Candidate hypernym: nasogastric feeding: feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach → 0
Candidate hypernym: redcoat: British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) → 0