Term: splinter group: a faction or sect that has broken away from its parent organization
Candidate hypernym: faction: a dissenting clique → 1
Candidate hypernym: conduit: a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass → 0
Candidate hypernym: refrigerator cookie: dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked → 0
Candidate hypernym: takeoff: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne → 0
Candidate hypernym: meiosis: (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) → 0
Candidate hypernym: folsom culture: the Paleo-American culture of Central America and North America; distinguished chiefly by a thin finely made flint projectile point having the shape of a leaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: house paint: paint used to cover the exterior woodwork of a house → 0
Candidate hypernym: acetate disk: a disk coated with cellulose acetate → 0
Candidate hypernym: pheromone: a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarcochilus: diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia → 0
Candidate hypernym: vision: the perceptual experience of seeing → 0