| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| shadowiness | noun | The quality or state of being shadowy. |
| shad-spirit | noun | See Shadbird (a) |
| shad-waiter | noun | A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish. |
| shag-haired | adjective | Having shaggy hair. |
| shallowness | noun | Quality or state of being shallow. |
| shame-proof | noun | Shameless. |
| shanghaiing | present participle & vb. noun | of Shanghai |
| shapeliness | noun | The quality or state of being shapely. |
| shard-borne | adjective | Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. |
| sharebroker | noun | A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities. |
| shareholder | noun | One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property. |
| sheep-faced | adjective | Over-bashful; sheepish. |
| sheepmaster | noun | A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. |
| sheep’s-eye | noun | A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; — commonly in the plural. |
| sheet cable | The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. | |
| sheet chain | A chain sheet cable. | |
| shelterless | adjective | Destitute of shelter or protection. |
| shepherding | present participle & vb. noun | of Shepherd |
| shepherdess | noun | A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. |
| shepherdias | plural | of Shepherdia |
| shepherdish | noun | Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. |
| shepherdism | noun | Pastoral life or occupation. |
| sheriffalty | noun | Alt. of Sheriffwick |
| sheriffship | noun | Alt. of Sheriffwick |
| sheriffwick | noun | The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. |
| shielddrake | noun | A sheldrake. |
| shiningness | noun | Brightness. |
| shinplaster | noun | Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. |
| shipbuilder | noun | A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright. |
| ship-rigged | adjective | Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. |
| shipwrecked | imp. & past participle | of Shipwreck |
| shittlecock | noun | A shuttlecock. |
| shittleness | noun | Instability; inconstancy. |
| shiveringly | adverb | In a shivering manner. |
| shiver-spar | noun | A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. |
| shoplifting | noun | Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop. |
| shorlaceous | adjective | See Schorl, Schorlaceous. |
| shortcoming | noun | The act of falling, or coming short, The failure of a crop, or the like., Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty. |
| short-dated | adjective | Having little time to run from the date. |
| shortened / | imp. & past participle | of Shorten |
| short-lived | adjective | Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. |
| short-wited | adjective | Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. |
| shouldering | present participle & vb. noun | of Shoulder |
| shovelboard | noun | A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny., A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; — called also shuffleboard. |
| showeriness | noun | Quality of being showery. |
| shrinkingly | adverb | In a shrinking manner. |
| shrivelling | of Shrivel | |
| shroud-laid | adjective | Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; — said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage. |
| shrubberies | plural | of Shrubbery |
| shrubbiness | noun | Quality of being shrubby. |
| shufflewing | noun | The hedg sparrow. |
| shuttlecock | noun | A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself., To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. |
| shuttlecork | noun | See Shuttlecock. |
| shuttlewise | adverb | Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle. |