Term: petitio principii: the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
Candidate hypernym: logical fallacy: a fallacy in logical argumentation → 1
Candidate hypernym: abecedarius: a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order → 0
Candidate hypernym: amalgam: an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams → 0
Candidate hypernym: portrait: any likeness of a person, in any medium → 0
Candidate hypernym: pitch: (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter → 0
Candidate hypernym: tortricidae: leaf rollers and codling moths → 0
Candidate hypernym: thirst: a physiological need to drink → 0
Candidate hypernym: cruet: bottle that holds wine or oil or vinegar for the table → 0
Candidate hypernym: kamia: a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico → 0
Candidate hypernym: american marten: valued for its fur → 0
Candidate hypernym: census taker: someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes → 0