Term: academy of motion picture arts and sciences: an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance
Candidate hypernym: academy: an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature → 1
Candidate hypernym: wood horsetail: Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: arceuthobium: genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers → 0
Candidate hypernym: public school: a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board → 0
Candidate hypernym: beard: a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses → 0
Candidate hypernym: charge: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time → 0
Candidate hypernym: sharpener: any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper → 0
Candidate hypernym: acronym: a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name → 0
Candidate hypernym: waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome: syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse → 0
Candidate hypernym: chosen: one who is the object of choice; who is given preference → 0
Candidate hypernym: tsuris: (Yiddish) aggravating trouble → 0