Term: casting lots: making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
Candidate hypernym: decision: the act of making up your mind about something → 1
Candidate hypernym: mens rea: (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials → 0
Candidate hypernym: tensiometer: a measuring instrument for measuring the surface tension of a liquid → 0
Candidate hypernym: pathos: a style that has the power to evoke feelings → 0
Candidate hypernym: estimated tax: income tax paid periodically on income that is not subject to withholding taxes; based on the taxpayer's predicted tax liability → 0
Candidate hypernym: mantidae: mantises → 0
Candidate hypernym: diverging lens: a lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out → 0
Candidate hypernym: alternation: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again → 0
Candidate hypernym: cubicity: the property of resembling a cube → 0
Candidate hypernym: locking: the act of locking something up to protect it → 0
Candidate hypernym: superior labial vein: a tributary of the facial vein that drains the upper lip → 0