Term: mother tongue: one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
Candidate hypernym: natural language: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language → 1
Candidate hypernym: chronology: the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events → 0
Candidate hypernym: tensor tympani: a small muscle in the middle ear that tenses to protect the eardrum → 0
Candidate hypernym: brown creeper: a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill → 0
Candidate hypernym: conservative: a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas → 0
Candidate hypernym: mohair: fabric made with yarn made from the silky hair of the Angora goat → 0
Candidate hypernym: mujahid: a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad → 0
Candidate hypernym: squib: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnifico: a person of distinguished rank or appearance → 0
Candidate hypernym: paramilitary: a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) → 0
Candidate hypernym: circle of curvature: the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature → 0