| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| shabbiness | noun | The quality or state of being sghabby. |
| shackatory | noun | A hound. |
| shadowless | adjective | Having no shadow. |
| shagginess | noun | The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness. |
| shagreened | adjective | Made or covered with the leather called shagreen., Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen. |
| shamefaced | noun | Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. |
| shampooing | present participle & vb. noun | of Shampoo |
| shandrydan | noun | A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle. |
| shandygaff | noun | A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer. |
| shanghaied | imp. & past participle | of Shanghai |
| sharpening | present participle & vb. noun | of Sharpen |
| shattering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shatter |
| shearwater | noun | Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon. |
| sheathbill | noun | Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas. |
| sheathfish | noun | Same as Sheatfish. |
| sheathless | adjective | Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed. |
| shecklaton | noun | A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton. |
| sheepberry | noun | The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry. |
| sheepbiter | noun | One who practices petty thefts. |
| sheepshank | noun | A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened. |
| sheepshead | noun | A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. |
| sheepsplit | noun | A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine. |
| sheerwater | noun | The shearwater. |
| shellapple | noun | See Sheldafle. |
| shell-less | adjective | Having no shell. |
| shellproof | adjective | Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof. |
| sheltering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shelter |
| shepherded | imp. & past participle | of Shepherd |
| shepherdia | noun | A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo. |
| shepherdly | adjective | Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. |
| sheriffdom | noun | Alt. of Sheriffwick |
| shibboleth | noun | A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii., Also in an extended sense., Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase. |
| shieldless | adjective | Destitute of a shield, or of protection. |
| shieldtail | noun | Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated. |
| shiftiness | noun | The quality or state of being shifty. |
| shiftingly | adverb | In a shifting manner. |
| shimmering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shimmer, A gleam or glimmering. |
| shinhopple | noun | The hobblebush. |
| shipholder | noun | A shipowner. |
| shipmaster | noun | The captain, master, or commander of a ship. |
| shipwright | noun | One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. |
| shoaliness | noun | The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness. |
| shock-head | adjective | Shock-headed. |
| shoemaking | noun | The business of a shoemaker. |
| shopkeeper | noun | A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; — in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. |
| shoplifter | noun | One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal. |
| shopwalker | noun | One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker. |
| shortening | present participle & vb. noun | of Shorten, The act of making or becoming short or shorter., That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc. |
| shot-proof | adjective | Impenetrable by shot. |
| shouldered | imp. & past participle | of Shoulder, Having shoulders; — used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man. |
| shoveboard | noun | Alt. of Shovegroat |
| shovegroat | noun | The same as Shovelboard. |
| shovelling | of Shovel | |
| shovelbill | noun | The shoveler. |
| shovelfuls | plural | of Shovelful |
| shovelhead | noun | A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; — called also bonnet shark. |
| shovelnose | noun | The common sand shark. See under Snad., A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil., A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus)., A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; — called also white sturgeon. |
| showerless | adjective | Rainless; freo from showers. |
| shrewmouse | noun | A shrew; especially, the erd shrew. |
| shrievalty | noun | The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty. |
| shrillness | noun | The quality or state of being shrill. |
| shrivelled | of Shrivel | |
| shriveling | present participle & vb. noun | of Shrivel |
| shroudless | adjective | Without a shroud. |
| shrovetide | noun | The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday. |
| shuddering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shudder |
| shufflecap | noun | A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. |