Term: prescriptive linguistics: an account of how a language should be used instead of how it is actually used; a prescription for the `correct' phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics
Candidate hypernym: linguistics: the scientific study of language → 1
Candidate hypernym: check: obstructing an opponent in ice hockey → 0
Candidate hypernym: maquiladora: an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border → 0
Candidate hypernym: appendix: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch → 0
Candidate hypernym: cash equivalent: a highly liquid debt instrument with maturities of less than three months → 0
Candidate hypernym: brace and bit: a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it → 0
Candidate hypernym: presidency: the tenure of a president → 0
Candidate hypernym: cattle guard: a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle → 0
Candidate hypernym: hepatotoxin: any toxin that affects the liver → 0
Candidate hypernym: silver-bell tree: medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas → 0
Candidate hypernym: basal metabolic rate: the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state → 0