Term: capital offense: a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate
Candidate hypernym: crime: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act → 1
Candidate hypernym: linguistic performance: (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mammalogy: the branch of zoology that studies mammals → 0
Candidate hypernym: bog aster: a variety of aster → 0
Candidate hypernym: intermediate wheatgrass: Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder → 0
Candidate hypernym: monotony: constancy of tone or pitch or inflection → 0
Candidate hypernym: unpleasantness: the quality of giving displeasure → 0
Candidate hypernym: radio link: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network → 0
Candidate hypernym: slapshot: a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick → 0
Candidate hypernym: confederate: someone who assists in a plot → 0
Candidate hypernym: whisk: a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes → 0