Term: lower criticism: the study of existing manuscripts of the Scriptures in order to determine the original text
Candidate hypernym: written communication: communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) → 1
Candidate hypernym: cauliflower: compact head of white undeveloped flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: falsehood: a false statement → 0
Candidate hypernym: coffeepot: tall pot in which coffee is brewed → 0
Candidate hypernym: decay: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying → 0
Candidate hypernym: witches' broom: an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance → 0
Candidate hypernym: trochee: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables → 0
Candidate hypernym: na-dene: a family of North American Indian languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: corrugated fastener: a small strip of corrugated steel with sharp points on one side; hammered across wood joints in rough carpentry → 0
Candidate hypernym: assassin: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders → 0
Candidate hypernym: subfigure: a figure that is a part of another figure → 0