Term: modern english: English since about 1450
Candidate hypernym: english: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries → 1
Candidate hypernym: mews: street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings → 0
Candidate hypernym: icebreaker: a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: secant: a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points → 0
Candidate hypernym: gay man: a homosexual man → 0
Candidate hypernym: knee jerk: a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon → 0
Candidate hypernym: chemotherapy: the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness) → 0
Candidate hypernym: assenter: a person who assents → 0
Candidate hypernym: columbarium: a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns → 0
Candidate hypernym: header: a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters → 0
Candidate hypernym: chitchat: light informal conversation for social occasions → 0