Term: foreign intelligence surveillance act: an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
Candidate hypernym: legislative act: an act passed by a legislative body → 1
Candidate hypernym: trace: an indication that something has been present → 0
Candidate hypernym: motor hotel: a hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area → 0
Candidate hypernym: heat shield: a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry → 0
Candidate hypernym: trachoma: a chronic contagious viral disease marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue → 0
Candidate hypernym: jackknife-fish: black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin → 0
Candidate hypernym: black salsify: perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinch hitter: (baseball) a substitute for the regular batter → 0
Candidate hypernym: deed poll: a deed made and executed by only one party → 0
Candidate hypernym: warrior: someone engaged in or experienced in warfare → 0
Candidate hypernym: ottoman: the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I → 0