Term: national science foundation: an independent agency of the federal government responsible for the promotion of progress in science and engineering by supporting programs in research and education
Candidate hypernym: unit: an organization regarded as part of a larger social group → 1
Candidate hypernym: public law: a law affecting the public at large → 0
Candidate hypernym: stickweed: any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing → 0
Candidate hypernym: newspaper: cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers → 0
Candidate hypernym: epithet: descriptive word or phrase → 0
Candidate hypernym: hake: the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod → 0
Candidate hypernym: superfund program: the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency → 0
Candidate hypernym: suricata: meerkats → 0
Candidate hypernym: triops: type genus of the family Triopidae: small crustaceans with a small third median eye → 0
Candidate hypernym: tramontane: a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean → 0
Candidate hypernym: scarab: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians → 0