Term: formality: a requirement of etiquette or custom
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: brookweed: American water pimpernel → 0
Candidate hypernym: estriol: a naturally occurring estrogenic hormone; a synthetic form is used to treat estrogen deficiency → 0
Candidate hypernym: rebutter: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying visit: a visit that last for only a very short time → 0
Candidate hypernym: laffer curve: a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines → 0
Candidate hypernym: time-fuse: a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) → 0
Candidate hypernym: height: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top → 0
Candidate hypernym: first base: the initial stage in accomplishing something → 0
Candidate hypernym: bull mastiff: large powerful breed developed by crossing the bulldog and the mastiff → 0
Candidate hypernym: sapsucker: small American woodpecker that feeds on sap from e.g. apple and maple trees → 0