| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| shifted | imp. & past participle | of Shift |
| shifter | noun | One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener., An assistant to the ship’s cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions., An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another., A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc. |
| shikari | noun | A sportsman; esp., a native hunter. |
| shimmer | verb i. | To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer., A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. |
| shinned | imp. & past participle | of Shin |
| shindle | noun | A shingle; also, a slate for roofing., To cover or roof with shindles. |
| shining | present participle & vb. noun | of Shine, Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor., Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity., Having the surface smooth and polished; — said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc., Emission or reflection of light. |
| shiness | noun | See Shyness. |
| shingle | noun | Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere., A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, — used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below., A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one’s shingle., To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof., To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof., To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace. |
| shingly | adjective | Abounding with shingle, or gravel. |
| shinney | noun | The game of hockey; — so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. |
| shipped | imp. & past participle | of Ship |
| shipful | noun | As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship. |
| shiplet | noun | A little ship. |
| shipmen | plural | of Shipman |
| shipman | noun | A seaman, or sailor. |
| shippen | noun | A stable; a cowhouse. |
| shipper | noun | One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water. |
| shippon | noun | A cowhouse; a shippen. |
| shirked | imp. & past participle | of Shirk |
| shirker | noun | One who shirks. |
| shirley | noun | The bullfinch. |
| shirred | adjective | Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet., Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; — said of eggs. |
| shirted | imp. & past participle | of Shirt |
| shittah | noun | Alt. of Shittah tree |
| shittim | noun | Alt. of Shittim wood |
| shittle | noun | A shuttle., Wavering; unsettled; inconstant. |
| shivery | adjective | Tremulous; shivering., Easily broken; brittle; shattery. |