Term: independent agency: an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments
Candidate hypernym: agency: an administrative unit of government → 1
Candidate hypernym: xerophyllum: small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: expletive: a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line → 0
Candidate hypernym: coronary sinus: a short sinus receiving most of the veins of the heart; empties into the right atrium → 0
Candidate hypernym: anklebone: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint → 0
Candidate hypernym: soft roll: yeast-raised roll with a soft crust → 0
Candidate hypernym: strike pay: money paid to strikers from union funds → 0
Candidate hypernym: alarm clock: a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time → 0
Candidate hypernym: chain: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership → 0
Candidate hypernym: springboard: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched → 0
Candidate hypernym: stratum germinativum: the innermost layer of the epidermis → 0