Term: department of defense: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
Candidate hypernym: federal department: a department of the federal government of the United States → 1
Candidate hypernym: bookishness: exaggerated studiousness → 0
Candidate hypernym: rough bindweed: creeping or climbing evergreen having spiny zigzag stems with shiny leaves and racemes of pale-green flowers; Canary Islands to southern Europe and Ethiopia and India → 0
Candidate hypernym: gauss: a unit of magnetic flux density equal to 1 maxwell per square centimeter → 0
Candidate hypernym: double cross: an act of betrayal → 0
Candidate hypernym: latchkey: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door → 0
Candidate hypernym: indoctrination: teaching someone to accept doctrines uncritically → 0
Candidate hypernym: bilateral descent: line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family → 0
Candidate hypernym: cocktail party: an afternoon party at which cocktails are served → 0
Candidate hypernym: shamelessness: behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame → 0
Candidate hypernym: security intelligence: intelligence on the identity and capability and intentions of hostile individuals or organizations that may be engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism → 0