Term: backgrounder: a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy
Candidate hypernym: press conference: a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity → 1
Candidate hypernym: malignant hypertension: severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain → 0
Candidate hypernym: stage effect: a special effect created on the stage → 0
Candidate hypernym: antigram: an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase → 0
Candidate hypernym: silique: narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae → 0
Candidate hypernym: anagasta: moth whose larvae are flour moths → 0
Candidate hypernym: kip: the basic unit of money in Laos → 0
Candidate hypernym: saint-bernard's-lily: southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: tomato: native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepidolite: a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium → 0
Candidate hypernym: american football: a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays → 0