Term: leap second: a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation
Candidate hypernym: second: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites → 1
Candidate hypernym: flacourtia: often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: alliaceous plant: bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor → 0
Candidate hypernym: indian monetary unit: monetary unit in India → 0
Candidate hypernym: talking point: an especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion → 0
Candidate hypernym: syndactyly: birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes → 0
Candidate hypernym: sectarian: a member of a sect → 0
Candidate hypernym: paster: a workman who pastes → 0
Candidate hypernym: floater: a swimmer who floats in the water → 0
Candidate hypernym: counselor: someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp → 0
Candidate hypernym: tetragrammaton: four Hebrew letters usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh) or JHVH (Jehovah) signifying the Hebrew name for God which the Jews regarded as too holy to pronounce → 0