Term: doctor of philosophy: a doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: commelinaceae: large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts → 0
Candidate hypernym: chukchi: an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women → 0
Candidate hypernym: patent right: the right granted by a patent; especially the exclusive right to an invention → 0
Candidate hypernym: arctostaphylos: bearberry; manzanita → 0
Candidate hypernym: binomial theorem: a theorem giving the expansion of a binomial raised to a given power → 0
Candidate hypernym: fireman's ax: an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side → 0
Candidate hypernym: hubbard squash: large football-shaped winter squash with a warty grey-green rind → 0
Candidate hypernym: hope chest: chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage → 0
Candidate hypernym: blue wall of silence: the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers → 0
Candidate hypernym: loge: balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine → 0