Term: amicus curiae: an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: brit: minute crustaceans forming food for right whales → 0
Candidate hypernym: north american: a native or inhabitant of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: gallon: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters → 0
Candidate hypernym: volatility: the trait of being unpredictably irresolute → 0
Candidate hypernym: cut: the act of reducing the amount or number → 0
Candidate hypernym: endothelium: an epithelium of mesoblastic origin; a thin layer of flattened cells that lines the inside of some body cavities → 0
Candidate hypernym: mentum: a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids → 0
Candidate hypernym: affinity: the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule → 0
Candidate hypernym: vanadium: a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite → 0
Candidate hypernym: diesel-hydraulic locomotive: a locomotive driven by a hydraulic transmission system powered by a diesel engine → 0