Term: synchronic linguistics: the study of a language without reference to its historical context
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: mug: with handle and usually cylindrical → 0
Candidate hypernym: stilton: English blue cheese → 0
Candidate hypernym: perissodactyla: nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms → 0
Candidate hypernym: crankshaft: a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank → 0
Candidate hypernym: eiderdown: down of the eider duck → 0
Candidate hypernym: water-shield: aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums → 0
Candidate hypernym: foil: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector → 0
Candidate hypernym: artamus: type genus of the Artamidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: hemisphere: half of a sphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: slugger: a boxer noted for an ability to deliver hard punches → 0