Term: palpation: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
Candidate hypernym: examination: the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) → 1
Candidate hypernym: run: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace → 0
Candidate hypernym: concave shape: a shape that curves or bends inward → 0
Candidate hypernym: prolonge knot: a knot in the rope used to drag a gun carriage → 0
Candidate hypernym: shivaism: worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon → 0
Candidate hypernym: curly grass: rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts → 0
Candidate hypernym: tender offer: an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both → 0
Candidate hypernym: toilet seat: the hinged seat on a toilet → 0
Candidate hypernym: pinwheel: a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim → 0
Candidate hypernym: california black walnut: medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts → 0
Candidate hypernym: peace offering: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace → 0