Term: national institutes of health: an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
Candidate hypernym: agency: an administrative unit of government → 1
Candidate hypernym: manual alphabet: an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions → 0
Candidate hypernym: grapevine: gossip spread by spoken communication → 0
Candidate hypernym: argument: a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable → 0
Candidate hypernym: hisser: someone who communicates disapproval by hissing → 0
Candidate hypernym: paintball gun: an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic → 0
Candidate hypernym: nave: the central area of a church → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrip: a certificate whose value is recognized by the payer and payee; scrip is not currency but may be convertible into currency → 0
Candidate hypernym: gothic: extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas → 0
Candidate hypernym: marcher: walks with regular or stately step → 0
Candidate hypernym: kurdistan: an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability → 0