Term: foreign intelligence surveillance act: an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
Candidate hypernym: writing: the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) → 1
Candidate hypernym: isopoda: woodlice → 0
Candidate hypernym: clangula: a genus of ducks → 0
Candidate hypernym: pedant: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit → 0
Candidate hypernym: doric order: the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base → 0
Candidate hypernym: afterglow: the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event → 0
Candidate hypernym: icebreaker: a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: tree swallow: of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities → 0
Candidate hypernym: malahini: a newcomer to Hawaii → 0
Candidate hypernym: privateer: an officer or crew member of a privateer → 0
Candidate hypernym: kitchen island: an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides → 0