Term: colloquialism: a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Candidate hypernym: formulation: the style of expressing yourself → 1
Candidate hypernym: legal separation: (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fen orchid: small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: pseudophloem: false phloem → 0
Candidate hypernym: lignum vitae: small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin → 0
Candidate hypernym: applied psychology: any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: recruit: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) → 0
Candidate hypernym: pion: a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision → 0
Candidate hypernym: igniter: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: microspore: smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte → 0
Candidate hypernym: canada balsam: yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium → 0