Term: descriptivism: (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
Candidate hypernym: content: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned → 1
Candidate hypernym: riparia: a genus of Hirundinidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: ludian: a Baltic-Finnic language → 0
Candidate hypernym: phalangeridae: phalangers; koalas → 0
Candidate hypernym: scauper: a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal → 0
Candidate hypernym: anus: the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal → 0
Candidate hypernym: mao jacket: a light weight jacket with a high collar; worn by Mao Zedong and the Chinese people during his regime → 0
Candidate hypernym: orchotomy: surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) → 0
Candidate hypernym: month: a time unit of approximately 30 days → 0
Candidate hypernym: bacteroides: type genus of Bacteroidaceae; genus of Gram-negative rodlike anaerobic bacteria producing no endospores and no pigment and living in the gut of man and animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: triple-spacing: typing that leaves two lines blank between lines of typing → 0