Term: why: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: asbestos: a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer → 0
Candidate hypernym: random variable: a variable quantity that is random → 0
Candidate hypernym: intermediate host: a host that is used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle → 0
Candidate hypernym: paper cutter: a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size → 0
Candidate hypernym: security: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends → 0
Candidate hypernym: second moment: the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from the point of origin → 0
Candidate hypernym: disparity: inequality or difference in some respect → 0
Candidate hypernym: false gromwell: any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: gliricidia: any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous → 0
Candidate hypernym: spin: the act of rotating rapidly → 0