Term: showboat: a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River)
Candidate hypernym: river boat: a boat used on rivers or to ply a river → 1
Candidate hypernym: staging area: an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation → 0
Candidate hypernym: agenda: a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) → 0
Candidate hypernym: soft rot: mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi → 0
Candidate hypernym: homophony: the same pronunciation for words of different origins → 0
Candidate hypernym: cuticle: the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail → 0
Candidate hypernym: proenzyme: any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus bison: sometimes considered a subgenus of genus Bos: American buffalo → 0
Candidate hypernym: department of housing and urban development: the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965 → 0
Candidate hypernym: flush: a sudden rapid flow (as of water) → 0
Candidate hypernym: drought: a prolonged shortage → 0