Term: slave state: any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
Candidate hypernym: american state: one of the 50 states of the United States → 1
Candidate hypernym: triode: a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible → 0
Candidate hypernym: whiplash: an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) → 0
Candidate hypernym: medicine ball: heavy ball used in physical training → 0
Candidate hypernym: morgan: an American breed of small compact saddle horses → 0
Candidate hypernym: trueness: exactness of adjustment → 0
Candidate hypernym: double-bitted ax: an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head → 0
Candidate hypernym: mileage: distance measured in miles → 0
Candidate hypernym: hustings: the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making) → 0
Candidate hypernym: loge: balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine → 0
Candidate hypernym: leccinum: a genus of fungi belonging to the family Boletaceae → 0