Term: adverse witness: a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party
Candidate hypernym: witness: (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law → 1
Candidate hypernym: lift: the act of raising something → 0
Candidate hypernym: ecologist: a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment → 0
Candidate hypernym: residency: the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship) → 0
Candidate hypernym: applet: a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface → 0
Candidate hypernym: erie: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York → 0
Candidate hypernym: flathead catfish: large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw → 0
Candidate hypernym: alcedo: type genus of the Alcedinidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: titfer: a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat') → 0
Candidate hypernym: heavy water: water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors → 0
Candidate hypernym: thing: any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence → 0