Term: defense: the justification for some act or belief
Candidate hypernym: statement: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc → 1
Candidate hypernym: tone: a musical interval of two semitones → 0
Candidate hypernym: station of the cross: a representation of any of the 14 stages in Christ's journey to Calvary → 0
Candidate hypernym: birthmark: a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth → 0
Candidate hypernym: pleurotus: agarics with white spores and caps having an eccentric stem; an important mushroom of Japan → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground-controlled approach: aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar → 0
Candidate hypernym: alert: a warning serves to make you more alert to danger → 0
Candidate hypernym: christmas cake: a rich fruitcake (usually covered with icing and marzipan) and eaten at Christmas → 0
Candidate hypernym: linstock: a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons → 0
Candidate hypernym: wassail: a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas → 0
Candidate hypernym: ethnologist: an anthropologist who studies ethnology → 0