Term: national science foundation: an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
Candidate hypernym: independent agency: an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments → 1
Candidate hypernym: poetic justice: an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fabian society: an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism → 0
Candidate hypernym: host: any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event → 0
Candidate hypernym: pedionomus: plain wanderer → 0
Candidate hypernym: cost-pull inflation: inflation caused by an increase in the costs of production → 0
Candidate hypernym: heretic: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion) → 0
Candidate hypernym: soothing syrup: medicine in the form of a syrup that has a calming effect → 0
Candidate hypernym: enlisted person: a serviceman who ranks below a commissioned officer → 0
Candidate hypernym: akwa'ala: the Yuman language spoken by the Akwa'ala → 0
Candidate hypernym: levitation: movement upward in virtue of lightness → 0