Term: pedant: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
Candidate hypernym: living thing: a living (or once living) entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: water level: the level of the surface of a body of water → 0
Candidate hypernym: byte: a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information → 0
Candidate hypernym: purity: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil → 0
Candidate hypernym: tutelo: the Siouan language spoken by the Tutelo → 0
Candidate hypernym: control rod: a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction → 0
Candidate hypernym: gymnopilus ventricosus: a giant fungus of the Pacific Northwest; has a very thick stalk and the cortina leaves a ring high up on the stalk → 0
Candidate hypernym: chopper: informal terms for a human `tooth' → 0
Candidate hypernym: iron: home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth → 0
Candidate hypernym: doctor of osteopathy: doctor's degree in osteopathy → 0
Candidate hypernym: irons: metal shackles; for hands or legs → 0