Term: nation: a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
Candidate hypernym: confederation: a union of political organizations → 1
Candidate hypernym: nitrobacteriaceae: usually rod-shaped bacteria that oxidize ammonia or nitrites: nitrobacteria → 0
Candidate hypernym: reward: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior → 0
Candidate hypernym: cultural movement: a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals → 0
Candidate hypernym: slot: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail) → 0
Candidate hypernym: patty: small flat mass of chopped food → 0
Candidate hypernym: tsimshian: a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian → 0
Candidate hypernym: calling card: a distinguishing characteristic or behavior → 0
Candidate hypernym: fitfulness: the quality of being spasmodic and irregular → 0
Candidate hypernym: industrial process: a systematic series of mechanical or chemical operations that produce or manufacture something → 0
Candidate hypernym: atomism: (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association → 0