Term: department of justice: the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: differentia: distinguishing characteristics (especially in different species of a genus) → 0
Candidate hypernym: hot spot: a point of relatively intense heat or radiation → 0
Candidate hypernym: fieriness: the heat or the color of fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: cosmetic dentistry: the branch of dentistry dealing with the appearance of the teeth → 0
Candidate hypernym: galbanum: a bitter aromatic gum resin that resembles asafetida → 0
Candidate hypernym: methyltestosterone: an androgenic compound contained in drugs that are used to treat testosterone deficiency and female breast cancer and to stimulate growth and weight gain → 0
Candidate hypernym: california fuchsia: shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: ichthyosauridae: later ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic and Cretaceous; widely distributed in both hemispheres → 0
Candidate hypernym: drive-by shooting: shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim → 0
Candidate hypernym: phonologist: a specialist in phonology → 0