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Noun

S: (n) shin (shin%1:08:01::) (the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
part holonym

S: (n) shin (shin%1:13:00::), shin bone (shin_bone%1:13:00::) (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
S: (n) shin (shin%1:10:00::) (the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) letter (letter%1:10:01::), letter of the alphabet (letter_of_the_alphabet%1:10:00::), alphabetic character (alphabetic_character%1:10:00::) (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech) "his grandmother taught him his letters"

S: (n) ascender (ascender%1:10:01::) (a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters)
S: (n) descender (descender%1:10:01::) (a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters)
S: (n) digraph (digraph%1:10:00::), digram (digram%1:10:00::) (two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe'))
S: (n) initial (initial%1:10:00::) (the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)) "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name"
S: (n) A (a%1:10:00::), a (a%1:10:00::) (the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) B (b%1:10:00::), b (b%1:10:00::) (the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) C (c%1:10:00::), c (c%1:10:00::) (the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) D (d%1:10:00::), d (d%1:10:00::) (the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) E (e%1:10:00::), e (e%1:10:00::) (the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) F (f%1:10:00::), f (f%1:10:00::) (the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) G (g%1:10:00::), g (g%1:10:00::) (the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) H (h%1:10:00::), h (h%1:10:00::) (the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) I (i%1:10:00::), i (i%1:10:00::) (the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) J (j%1:10:00::), j (j%1:10:00::) (the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) K (k%1:10:00::), k (k%1:10:00::) (the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) L (l%1:10:00::), l (l%1:10:00::) (the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) M (m%1:10:00::), m (m%1:10:00::) (the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) N (n%1:10:00::), n (n%1:10:00::) (the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) O (o%1:10:00::), o (o%1:10:00::) (the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) P (p%1:10:00::), p (p%1:10:00::) (the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) Q (q%1:10:00::), q (q%1:10:00::) (the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) R (r%1:10:00::), r (r%1:10:00::) (the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) S (s%1:10:00::), s (s%1:10:00::) (the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) T (t%1:10:00::), t (t%1:10:00::) (the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) U (u%1:10:00::), u (u%1:10:00::) (the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) V (v%1:10:00::), v (v%1:10:00::) (the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) W (w%1:10:00::), w (w%1:10:00::), double-u (double-u%1:10:00::) (the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) X (x%1:10:00::), x (x%1:10:00::), ex (ex%1:10:00::) (the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) Y (y%1:10:00::), y (y%1:10:00::), wye (wye%1:10:00::) (the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet)
S: (n) Z (z%1:10:00::), z (z%1:10:00::), zee (zee%1:10:00::), zed (zed%1:10:00::), ezed (ezed%1:10:00::), izzard (izzard%1:10:00::) (the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet) "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"
S: (n) alpha (alpha%1:10:00::) (the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) beta (beta%1:10:00::) (the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) gamma (gamma%1:10:00::) (the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) delta (delta%1:10:00::) (the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) epsilon (epsilon%1:10:00::) (the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) zeta (zeta%1:10:00::) (the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) eta (eta%1:10:00::) (the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) theta (theta%1:10:00::) (the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) iota (iota%1:10:00::) (the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) kappa (kappa%1:10:00::) (the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) lambda (lambda%1:10:00::) (the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) mu (mu%1:10:00::) (the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) nu (nu%1:10:00::) (the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) xi (xi%1:10:00::) (the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) omicron (omicron%1:10:00::) (the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) pi (pi%1:10:00::) (the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) rho (rho%1:10:00::) (the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) sigma (sigma%1:10:00::) (the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) tau (tau%1:10:00::) (the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) upsilon (upsilon%1:10:00::) (the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) phi (phi%1:10:00::) (the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) chi (chi%1:10:00::), khi (khi%1:10:00::) (the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) psi (psi%1:10:00::) (the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) omega (omega%1:10:00::) (the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet)
S: (n) aleph (aleph%1:10:00::) (the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) beth (beth%1:10:00::) (the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) gimel (gimel%1:10:00::) (the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) daleth (daleth%1:10:00::) (the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) he (he%1:10:00::) (the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) waw (waw%1:10:00::) (the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) zayin (zayin%1:10:00::) (the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) heth (heth%1:10:00::) (the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) teth (teth%1:10:00::) (the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) yodh (yodh%1:10:00::) (the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) kaph (kaph%1:10:00::) (the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) lamedh (lamedh%1:10:00::) (the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) mem (mem%1:10:00::) (the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) nun (nun%1:10:01::) (the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) samekh (samekh%1:10:00::) (the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) ayin (ayin%1:10:00::) (the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) pe (pe%1:10:00::) (the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) sadhe (sadhe%1:10:00::) (the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) qoph (qoph%1:10:00::) (the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) resh (resh%1:10:00::) (the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) sin (sin%1:10:00::) (the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) shin (shin%1:10:00::) (the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) taw (taw%1:10:00::) (the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
S: (n) polyphone (polyphone%1:10:00::), polyphonic letter (polyphonic_letter%1:10:00::) (a letter that has two or more pronunciations) "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
S: (n) block letter (block_letter%1:10:00::), block capital (block_capital%1:10:00::) (a plain hand-drawn letter)
S: (n) vowel (vowel%1:10:01::) (a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel)
S: (n) consonant (consonant%1:10:01::) (a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant)

part holonym

S: (n) tibia (tibia%1:08:00::), shinbone (shinbone%1:08:00::), shin bone (shin_bone%1:08:00::), shin (shin%1:08:00::) (the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle)

Verb

S: (v) clamber (clamber%2:38:00::), scramble (scramble%2:38:01::), shin (shin%2:38:00::), shinny (shinny%2:38:00::), skin (skin%2:38:00::), struggle (struggle%2:38:00::), sputter (sputter%2:38:00::) (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)