Term: amputation: a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
Candidate hypernym: procedure: a particular course of action intended to achieve a result → 1
Candidate hypernym: organelle: a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ → 0
Candidate hypernym: pussycat: a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable → 0
Candidate hypernym: selectman: an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns → 0
Candidate hypernym: res gestae: rule of evidence that covers words that are so closely associated with an occurrence that the words are considered part of the occurrence and as such their report does not violate the hearsay rule → 0
Candidate hypernym: celery: widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked → 0
Candidate hypernym: edaphosauridae: a family of reptiles of the order Pelycosauria → 0
Candidate hypernym: social welfare: governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need → 0
Candidate hypernym: yellow pimpernel: trailing European evergreen with yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: murderess: a woman murderer → 0
Candidate hypernym: unintelligibility: incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible → 0