Term: department of defense: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
Candidate hypernym: executive department: a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States → 1
Candidate hypernym: privateer: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation → 0
Candidate hypernym: solace: comfort in disappointment or misery → 0
Candidate hypernym: plastic: generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives → 0
Candidate hypernym: gram molecule: the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites → 0
Candidate hypernym: color guard: a ceremonial escort for the (regimental) colors → 0
Candidate hypernym: ivory coast franc: the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: biology lab: a laboratory for biological research → 0
Candidate hypernym: vireo: any of various small insectivorous American birds chiefly olive-grey in color → 0
Candidate hypernym: plasmodiophoraceae: family of fungi often causing hypertrophy in seed plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: irena: type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds → 0