| shadow-casting | Deposition of a film of carbon or certain metals such as palladium, platinum, or chromium on a contoured microscopic object in order to allow the object to be seen in relief with the electron microscope or sometimes with the light microscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| shadowing | Procedure much used in electron microscopy, in which a thin layer of material, usually heavy metal or carbon, is deposited onto a surface from one side, in such a way as to cast shadows. Deposition is usually done by vapourising the metal on an electrode under vacuum. (18 Nov 1997) |
| shadowing (histology) | The technique of spraying a tissue specimen with a thin coat of a heavy metal such as platinum. The specimen is sprayed from an oblique angle, which results in the uneven deposition of the coating. The varying thicknesses create a shadow effect and give a three-dimensional appearance to the specimen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| shadowy | 1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." "This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods." (Shak) 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. "The moon . . . With more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things." (Milton) 4. Faintly representative; hence, typical. "From sshadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit." (Milton) 5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor. "Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death." (Addison) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shadrach | <chemistry> A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shady | 1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. "The shady trees cover him with their shadow." (Job. Xl. 22) "And Amaryllis fills the shady groves." (Dryden) 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. "Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter." (Bacon) 3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt. "A shady business." "Shady characters, disreputable, criminal." (London Spectator) On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. Origin: Shadier; Shadiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Shaffer, A | <person> U.S. Biochemist, 1881-1960. See: Shaffer-Hartmann method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Shaffer-Hartmann method | An obsolete method for the quantitative determination of glucose in biological fluids, based on the reduction of copper by the reducing group of the sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shaft | 1. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. "His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft." (Chaucer) "A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head." (Ascham) 2. The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light. "And the thunder, Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts." (Milton) "Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . Have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule." (V. Knox) 3. That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. <botany> Specifically: (a) The stem or midrib of a feather. The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill. The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. "Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . His shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same." (Ex. Xxv. 31) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc, as a hammer, a whip, etc. A pole, especially a Maypole. The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base. Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple. A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument. "Bid time and nature gently spare The shaft we raise to thee. <machinery> " (Emerson) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine. 4. <zoology> A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; called also cora humming bird. 5. [Cf. G. Schacht. <chemical> A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. 6. A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft. 7. The chamber of a blast furnace. Line shaft, a furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the top and tapped at the bottom. Origin: OE. Shaft, schaft, AS. Sceaft; akin to D. Schacht, OHG. Scaft, G. Schaft, Dan. & Sw. Skaft handle, haft, Icel. Skapt, and probably to L. Scapus, Gr, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. Scape, Scepter, Shave. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| shaft horsepower | A measure of the actual mechanical energy per unit time delivered to a turning shaft. 1 shaft horsepower = 1 electric horsepower = 550 ft-lb/second. (05 Dec 1998) |
| shaft of femur | The cylindrical shaft of the thigh bone. Synonym: corpus ossis femoris, body of thigh bone, corpus femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shaft of fibula | The body of fibula; of the fibula elongated, rod-like portion which accounts for most of its length. Synonym: corpus fibulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shaft of humerus | The elongated rod-like portion of the humerus between the surgical neck proximally and the emergence of the supracondylar ridges distally. Synonym: corpus humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shaft of radius | The triangular body of the radius located between the expanded proximal and distal extremities of the bone. Synonym: corpus radii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| shaft of tibia | The triangular body of tibia between its expanded proximal and distal ends. Synonym: corpus tibiae, body of tibia. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Shallot
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Synonyms : Shames
Synonyms : Disorder, Shared Paranoid, Disorder, Shared Psychotic, Disorders, Shared Paranoid, Disorders, Shared Psychotic, Paranoid Disorders, Shared, Psychotic Disorder, Shared, Psychotic Disorders, Shared, Shared Paranoid Disorders, Shared Psychotic Disorders
Synonyms : Shark
| shamanism |
any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
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a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle cylinder forming a long narrow part of something cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole cannon: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
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| shape |
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" human body: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life" form: the visual appearance of something or someone; "the delicate cast of his features" condition: the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape') determine: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion" make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe: the supreme headquarters that advises NATO on military matters and oversees all aspects of the Allied Command Europe form: a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character"
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| sharkskin |
a smooth crisp fabric
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any process serving to define the shape of something formation: the fabrication of something in a particular shape formative: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"
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| SHA | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
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| SHA | a U-shaped bar |
| SHA | restrain with fetters |
| SHA | bind the arms of |
| SHA | bound by chains fastened around the ankles |
| SHA | herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn |
| SHA | bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning |
| SHA | roe of shad |
| SHA | edible purple or red berries |
| SHA | any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit |
| SHA | any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit |
| SHA | large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp |