Term: standing army: a permanent army of paid soldiers
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: hustings: the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) → 0
Candidate hypernym: gempylid: snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide → 0
Candidate hypernym: book: a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made → 0
Candidate hypernym: deuteranopia: dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red → 0
Candidate hypernym: skull and crossbones: emblem warning of danger or death → 0
Candidate hypernym: perjurer: a person who deliberately gives false testimony → 0
Candidate hypernym: guess: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence → 0
Candidate hypernym: thumbtack: a tack for attaching papers to a bulletin board or drawing board → 0
Candidate hypernym: pitching change: replacing a pitcher in baseball → 0
Candidate hypernym: red silk-cotton tree: East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok → 0