Term: direct examination: (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness
Candidate hypernym: event: something that happens at a given place and time → 1
Candidate hypernym: heavyweight: a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: bile salt: a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids → 0
Candidate hypernym: support: the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities → 0
Candidate hypernym: bee balm: perennial herb of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: pentacle: a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon → 0
Candidate hypernym: golfing: playing golf → 0
Candidate hypernym: sedative: a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person → 0
Candidate hypernym: aortic stenosis: abnormal narrowing of the aortic valve → 0
Candidate hypernym: standing: social or financial or professional status or reputation → 0
Candidate hypernym: aberrance: a state or condition markedly different from the norm → 0