Term: board of selectmen: a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town
Candidate hypernym: board: a committee having supervisory powers → 1
Candidate hypernym: by-line: a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article → 0
Candidate hypernym: gracilariidae: leaf miners → 0
Candidate hypernym: hide: the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal) → 0
Candidate hypernym: mastiff bat: a soft-furred chocolate-brown bat with folded ears and small wings; often runs along the ground → 0
Candidate hypernym: gilbert: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns → 0
Candidate hypernym: calcium carbide: a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene → 0
Candidate hypernym: lyre: a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment → 0
Candidate hypernym: fountainhead: the source of water from which a stream arises → 0
Candidate hypernym: greyback: a dowitcher with a grey back → 0
Candidate hypernym: sepsis: the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues → 0