Term: national academy of sciences: an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
Candidate hypernym: academy: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature → 1
Candidate hypernym: dredger: a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging → 0
Candidate hypernym: wood anemone: European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands → 0
Candidate hypernym: musical chairs: a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated → 0
Candidate hypernym: weight: an oppressive feeling of heavy force → 0
Candidate hypernym: warbler: a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song → 0
Candidate hypernym: notoriety: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: teleologist: advocate of teleology → 0
Candidate hypernym: oyster fish: a variety of toadfish → 0
Candidate hypernym: compunction: a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) → 0
Candidate hypernym: afterimage: an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased → 0