Term: javelin: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
Candidate hypernym: spear: a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon → 1
Candidate hypernym: hegemon: a leading or paramount power → 0
Candidate hypernym: question: an informal reference to a marriage proposal → 0
Candidate hypernym: frequency distribution: a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable → 0
Candidate hypernym: white elephant: a valuable possession whose upkeep is excessively expensive → 0
Candidate hypernym: stamp act: an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766 → 0
Candidate hypernym: bomber jacket: a jacket gathered into a band at the waist → 0
Candidate hypernym: commonwealth: a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another → 0
Candidate hypernym: ictalurus: channel catfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: tanbark oak: evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark → 0
Candidate hypernym: prompt: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken) → 0