Term: onomastics: the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names
Candidate hypernym: lexicology: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language → 1
Candidate hypernym: matrix algebra: the part of algebra that deals with the theory of matrices → 0
Candidate hypernym: bully: a cruel and brutal fellow → 0
Candidate hypernym: brill: European food fish → 0
Candidate hypernym: fir cone: the seed-producing cone of a fir tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: coon: an eccentric or undignified rustic → 0
Candidate hypernym: walk-through: a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed → 0
Candidate hypernym: high finance: large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) → 0
Candidate hypernym: kurrajong: widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle → 0
Candidate hypernym: recognition: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country → 0
Candidate hypernym: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense → 0