Term: casting lots: making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: halobacteria: halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepidocybium: a genus of Gempylidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: housecleaning: (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions → 0
Candidate hypernym: import: an imported person brought from a foreign country → 0
Candidate hypernym: hyperope: a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person → 0
Candidate hypernym: euphorbiaceae: a family of plants of order Geraniales → 0
Candidate hypernym: fulmination: thunderous verbal attack → 0
Candidate hypernym: omega: the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet → 0
Candidate hypernym: fatherliness: the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father → 0
Candidate hypernym: long suit: in a hand, the suit having the most cards → 0