Term: affirmation: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand
Candidate hypernym: judgment: (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it → 1
Candidate hypernym: monstera: any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants → 0
Candidate hypernym: cosmic background radiation: (cosmology) the cooled remnant of the hot big bang that fills the entire universe and can be observed today with an average temperature of about 2.725 kelvin → 0
Candidate hypernym: jockey: someone employed to ride horses in horse races → 0
Candidate hypernym: argillite: a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages → 0
Candidate hypernym: jeweler's glass: an optical instrument used by jewelers; has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen → 0
Candidate hypernym: transducing vector: a vector for delivering genes into cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: prostaglandin: a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: steenbok: small plains antelope of southeastern Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyena: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion → 0
Candidate hypernym: adoxography: fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects → 0