Term: exordium: (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Candidate hypernym: introduction: the first section of a communication → 1
Candidate hypernym: western mountain ash: an ash of the western coast of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: lottery: players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots → 0
Candidate hypernym: lifesaving: saving the lives of drowning persons → 0
Candidate hypernym: international law enforcement agency: an international administrative unit responsible for law enforcement → 0
Candidate hypernym: lombardy poplar: distinguished by its columnar fastigiate shape and erect branches → 0
Candidate hypernym: cynips: type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps → 0
Candidate hypernym: field chickweed: densely tufted perennial chickweed of north temperate zone → 0
Candidate hypernym: nicotine addiction: an addiction to nicotine → 0
Candidate hypernym: jump ball: (basketball) the way play begins or resumes when possession is disputed; an official tosses the ball up between two players who jump in an effort to tap it to a teammate → 0
Candidate hypernym: scintillation counter: counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation → 0