Term: back-formation: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
Candidate hypernym: part: something determined in relation to something that includes it → 1
Candidate hypernym: soul brother: a fellow Black man → 0
Candidate hypernym: tetrahedron: any polyhedron having four plane faces → 0
Candidate hypernym: mealie: an ear of corn → 0
Candidate hypernym: duplex apartment: an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase → 0
Candidate hypernym: heaviness: the property of being comparatively great in weight → 0
Candidate hypernym: biometric identification: the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics → 0
Candidate hypernym: attention span: the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: lasiocampa: type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars → 0
Candidate hypernym: market town: a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times → 0
Candidate hypernym: nuclear propulsion: the use of a nuclear reactor either to produce electricity to power an engine (as in a nuclear submarine) or to directly heat a propellant (as in nuclear rockets) → 0