Term: raison d'etre: the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
Candidate hypernym: function: what something is used for → 1
Candidate hypernym: schizomycetes: a former classification → 0
Candidate hypernym: tongue: a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground: (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting → 0
Candidate hypernym: thallophyta: used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens → 0
Candidate hypernym: polyphone: a letter that has two or more pronunciations → 0
Candidate hypernym: sallet: a light medieval helmet with a slit for vision → 0
Candidate hypernym: furnishing: (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable → 0
Candidate hypernym: schnook: (Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despised → 0
Candidate hypernym: ring: the sound of a bell ringing; ; ; --E. A. Poe → 0
Candidate hypernym: arnica: used especially in treating bruises → 0