Term: imperative: some duty that is essential and urgent
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: sturgeon: large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone → 0
Candidate hypernym: skydiving: performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweet corn: corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft → 0
Candidate hypernym: dram: a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains → 0
Candidate hypernym: watermark: a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light → 0
Candidate hypernym: landslide: a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff → 0
Candidate hypernym: tabes dorsalis: syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence → 0
Candidate hypernym: petrifaction: a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form → 0
Candidate hypernym: hooke's law: (physics) the principle that (within the elastic limit) the stress applied to a solid is proportional to the strain produced → 0
Candidate hypernym: showy daisy: plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains → 0