Term: rationale: (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
Candidate hypernym: explanation: thought that makes something comprehensible → 1
Candidate hypernym: bavarian blue: blue cheese of Bavaria → 0
Candidate hypernym: billfish: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw → 0
Candidate hypernym: freedom from double jeopardy: a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution → 0
Candidate hypernym: empyema: a collection of pus in a body cavity (especially in the lung cavity) → 0
Candidate hypernym: tunga: a genus of Siphonaptera → 0
Candidate hypernym: lobbyism: the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus othonna: genus of western African herbs or shrubs → 0
Candidate hypernym: spider orchid: any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys → 0
Candidate hypernym: air defense: defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles or to nullify their effectiveness → 0
Candidate hypernym: cohort: a company of companions or supporters → 0