Term: explanation: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
Candidate hypernym: communication: something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups → 1
Candidate hypernym: balsam of peru: dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases → 0
Candidate hypernym: taenia: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarcodina: characterized by the formation of pseudopods for locomotion and taking food: Actinopoda; Rhizopoda → 0
Candidate hypernym: major premise: the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion) → 0
Candidate hypernym: source: anything that provides inspiration for later work → 0
Candidate hypernym: emendation: a correction by emending; a correction resulting from critical editing → 0
Candidate hypernym: oleaster: any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits → 0
Candidate hypernym: veld: elevated open grassland in southern Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: slush fund: a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials → 0
Candidate hypernym: butt: a large cask (especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 hogsheads or 126 gallons) → 0