Term: alliance: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
Candidate hypernym: treaty: a written agreement between two states or sovereigns → 1
Candidate hypernym: lighting industry: an industry devoted to manufacturing and selling and installing lighting → 0
Candidate hypernym: kicksorter: scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass → 0
Candidate hypernym: bungalow: a small house with a single story → 0
Candidate hypernym: germaneness: pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand → 0
Candidate hypernym: amobarbital: a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant → 0
Candidate hypernym: transmission mechanism: any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being → 0
Candidate hypernym: stradavarius: a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family → 0
Candidate hypernym: characteristic: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 → 0
Candidate hypernym: winter savory: resinous leaves used in stews and stuffings and meat loaf → 0
Candidate hypernym: arytenoid: either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached → 0