Term: patent: an official document granting a right or privilege
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: war: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypertext system: a database management system that allows strings of text (`objects') to be processed as a complex network of nodes that are linked together in an arbitrary way → 0
Candidate hypernym: boringness: extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest → 0
Candidate hypernym: brake: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: satureja: savory → 0
Candidate hypernym: seal oil: a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant → 0
Candidate hypernym: jig: music in three-four time for dancing a jig → 0
Candidate hypernym: police action: a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order → 0
Candidate hypernym: thymelaeaceae: family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa → 0
Candidate hypernym: creek: any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma → 0