Term: secretary of defense: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Defense Department
Candidate hypernym: secretary: a person who is head of an administrative department of government → 1
Candidate hypernym: croquet mallet: a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet → 0
Candidate hypernym: riding: the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements → 0
Candidate hypernym: production cost: combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods → 0
Candidate hypernym: explosive detection system: a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus ammobium: small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: exponential decay: a decrease that follows an exponential function → 0
Candidate hypernym: split-brain technique: brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted → 0
Candidate hypernym: forward: a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team → 0
Candidate hypernym: grade: a degree of ablaut → 0
Candidate hypernym: butyric acid: an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter → 0