Term: speech act: the use of language to perform some act
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: plumbaginales: coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales → 0
Candidate hypernym: culture: the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization → 0
Candidate hypernym: career man: a man who is a careerist → 0
Candidate hypernym: gloominess: the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness → 0
Candidate hypernym: alpine bearberry: deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar → 0
Candidate hypernym: cutleaved coneflower: tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: flyweight: weighs no more than 115 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: whiskey bottle: a bottle for holding whiskey → 0
Candidate hypernym: treasury stock: stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends → 0
Candidate hypernym: homo sapiens: the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc → 0