English words: shallowhearted to shape

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English words shallowhearted to shape

shallowhearted adjective: Alternative form of shallow-hearted.
shallowheartedness noun: Alternative form of shallow-heartedness.
shallowing noun, verb: The act of becoming shallower.
shallowish adjective: Somewhat shallow.
shallowly adverb: In a shallow manner, without depth.
shallowness noun: The property of being shallow; having little depth.
shallows noun, verb: An area in a large body of water with many shallow areas.
shalmali noun: silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.
shalom interjection, noun, verb /ʃɑːˈloʊm/: A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
shalom aleichem interjection /ʃəˌlɒm əˈleɪxəm/: A greeting said on meeting someone, especially when the two people meeting have not met in some time.
shalosh seudos noun: Synonym of seudah shlishit.
shalosh seudot noun: Synonym of seudah shlishit.
shalosh seudoth noun: Synonym of seudah shlishit.
Shalott proper noun: Legendary place in Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott and elsewhere, identified with Guildford by Malory.
shalpha adjective, noun: A Pokémon that is both shiny (a rare color variant) and alpha (a large and aggressive variant).
shalst verb /ʃælst/: Synonym of shalt.
shalvar noun: Alternative form of shalwar.
Shalvey proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
shalwar noun /ˈʃʌlwɑɹ/: Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
shalwar kamees noun: Alternative form of shalwar kameez.
shalwar kameez noun /ˈsʌlvɒː kəˈmiːs/: an outfit worn by men and women in South Asian countries comprising loose trousers and a long shirt
shaly adjective: Pertaining to or resembling shale.
sham adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃæm/: Intended to deceive; false.
sham Abraham verb /ʃæm ˈeɪ.bɹəˌhæm/: To pretend sickness or insanity.
sham Abram verb: Alternative form of sham Abraham
sham marriage noun: A marriage of convenience conducted by two persons who do not intend to live as a couple, generally for the purpose of gaining some advantage arising from...
shama noun: Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in...
shamable adjective: Capable of being shamed.
shamably adverb: In a shamable manner.
shamagh noun: Alternative form of shemagh.
shamal noun: A hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer
shaman noun /ˈʃɑːmən/: A traditional faith healer.
shamanesque adjective: In the manner of a shaman.
shamaness noun: A female shaman.
shamanhood noun: The role or status of a shaman.
shamanic adjective /ʃəˈmænɪk/: Of or relating to a shaman or to shamanism.
shamanically adverb: In a shamanic manner.
shamanise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of shamanize.
shamanish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shaman.
shamanism noun /ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/: Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
shamanist noun: An adherent of shamanism.
shamanistic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
shamanistically adverb: In a shamanistic manner.
shamanize verb: To act as a shaman; to perform the work of a shaman.
shamanlike adjective: Like a shaman; shamanesque.
shamanly adjective: Of or relating to shamans.
shamanry noun: The activities or craft of a shaman.
shamanship noun: The quality of being a shaman.
Shamar proper noun: A male given name.
shamash noun /ʃəˈmæʃ/: The candle used to light the other eight candles of a Hanukkah menorah or hanukkiah.
shamata noun: A calming, stabilizing Indian meditation.
shamateur noun /ˈʃamət(j)ə/: A sportsman or athlete who is officially an amateur but who makes money from playing, or who otherwise behaves as a professional.
shamateurism noun /ˈʃamət(j)əɹɪzm/: The fact or practice of being a shamateur; making money out of sports despite professing to be an amateur.
shamba noun /ˈʃambə/: An area of cultivated ground; a plot of land, a small subsistence farm for growing crops and fruit-bearing trees, often including the dwelling of the farmer.
shamba boy noun: A man or boy employed to tend a garden; a gardener.
Shambala proper noun: A Bantu language of Tanzania.
shambar noun: A soup originating in Peru, made of wheat grains, fava beans, green peas, chickpeas and dry beans.
Shambaugh proper noun: A surname.
Shambhala proper noun: A mythical, mystic sacred realm in Tibetan Buddhism.
shamble adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃæmbəl/: One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a...
shambler noun: One who shambles.
shambles noun, verb /ˈʃæmbəlz/: A scene of great disorder or ruin.
Shamblin proper noun: A surname.
shambling adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃæmblɪŋ/: Who walks while dragging or shuffling the feet.
shamblingly adverb: With a shambling motion.
shambly adjective: Shambling; not coordinated or graceful; clumsy.
shambo noun: A style of music made by the Ovambo people of Namibia, influenced by reggae.
shambock noun, verb: Alternative form of sjambok.
shambogue noun: Alternative form of shanbogue.
shambok noun, verb: Alternative form of sjambok.
shambolic adjective /ʃamˈbɒlɪk/: Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
shambolical adjective: Alternative form of shambolic.
shambolically adverb /ʃamˈbɒlɪkli/: In a shambolic manner.
shambolism noun: A shambolic situation.
shamboo noun /ʃæmˈbu/: Artificial bamboo.
shambrough noun: A depiction of a boat or ship.
shambuk noun: Alternative spelling of sjambok.
shamburger noun: A hamburger made with vegetarian ingredients instead of meat.
shame adjective, interjection, noun, verb /ˈʃeɪ̯m/: An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have...
shame be to him who thinks evil of it phrase: Synonym of honi soit qui mal y pense
shame-casting noun: The act of causing others to feel shame.
shame job adjective, noun: Something that causes, or should cause, embarrassment or shyness.
shame on me interjection: An expression of self-disapproval.
shame on you interjection: An expression of disapproval.
shame plant noun: Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica.
shame pole noun: A totem pole set up to shame someone for a misdeed or an unpaid debt.
shame reel noun: The first dance after a wedding, where the bride is the best man's partner and the best maid is the bridegroom's.
shame, shame interjection: I condemn the content of this speech; Expression of admonishment or disgust at the content of a speech.
shame-stroke noun: The act of cutting off or stabbing a man's buttocks, in ancient times symbolically representing anal rape.
shame to him who thinks ill of it phrase: Synonym of honi soit qui mal y pense
shame upon me interjection: Alternative form of shame on me.
shame upon you interjection: Dated form of shame on you.
shame weed noun: Mimosa, especially Mimosa pudica
shameable adjective: Possible to shame.
shameanah noun: Alternative spelling of shamiana.
shamed adjective, verb /ʃeɪmd/: That has been shamed.
shamedly adverb: With shame.
shamee noun: One who is shamed.
shameeana noun: Alternative form of shamiana.
shamefaced adjective /ˈʃeɪmˌfeɪst/: Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
shamefaced crab noun: Synonym of box crab.
shamefacedly adverb: In a shamefaced manner.
shamefacedness noun: The characteristic of being shamefaced.
shamefast adjective /ˈʃeɪmfɑːst/: Bashful, modest; shy.
shamefastly adverb: In a shamefast manner.
shamefastness noun: The condition or state of being shamefast.
shameful adjective /ˈʃeɪmfəl/: Causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
shamefully adverb /ˈʃeɪmfəli/: In a shameful manner.
shamefulness noun /ˈʃeɪmfəlnəs/: The property of being shameful.
shameless adjective /ˈʃeɪ̯mlɪs/: Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
shamelessly adverb: In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.
shamelessness noun: The state or characteristic of being shameless.
shamelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of shame.
shameplant noun: Alternative form of shame plant.
shameproof adjective: resistant to shame
shamer noun: One who disgraces someone or makes them feel ashamed, especially by public criticism.
shames noun, verb /ʃeɪmz/: Alternative form of shammes.
shamesome adjective: Deserving of shame; shameful.
shameworthy adjective: Worthy of shame; shameful.
Shami proper noun: A surname from Arabic.
shami kebab noun: A round patty of minced lamb and lentils cooked in a tandoor; often served with a small salad with a yoghurt and mint dressing
shamiana noun: A large, ornate tent or pavilion; a marquee.
shamianah noun: Alternative form of shamiana.
Shamika proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Shamil proper noun: A male given name from Arabic.
Shamima proper noun: A female given name from Arabic.
shaming noun, verb /ˈʃeɪm.ɪŋ/: The activity by which somebody is shamed.
shamingly adverb: In a shaming way.
Shamir proper noun: A surname.
shamisen noun /ˈʃæmɪsɛn/: A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.
shamisenist noun: Someone who plays a shamisen
shamixanthone noun: A prenylated xanthone isolated from Aspergillus
shamiyanah noun: Alternative form of shamiana.
Shamkhani proper noun: A surname from Persian.
shamla noun: A girdle for the waist, worn in India.
Shamli proper noun: A city and district of Saharanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.
shamma noun: An Ethiopian shawl.
Shammaite noun: A supporter of the school of thought of Rabbi Shammai.
Shammar noun: A tribal Arab Qahtan confederation, descended from the Yemeni tribe of Tayy as they originated in Yemen before migrating into present-day Saudi Arabia.
shammas noun: Alternative form of shamash.
shammash noun: Alternative form of shamash.
shammatha noun: The most severe form of excommunication among the ancient Jews.
shammer noun: A person who shams; a liar or faker.
shammes noun /ˈʃɑːmɪs/: Alternative form of shamash (“sexton in a synagogue”).
shammish adjective: Characteristic of a sham; deceitful
shammock verb: Alternative form of shummick.
shammos noun: Alternative form of shamash (“sexton in a synagogue”).
shammy noun, verb: Chamois leather.
shamois noun /ˈʃæmi/: Alternative form of chamois.
shamoji noun: A flat paddle used in Japanese cuisine to stir and serve rice and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi.
shamone interjection /ʃəˈmoʊn/: A vocalization heard in songs by Michael Jackson.
Shamong proper noun /ʃəˈmʌŋ/: A township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Shamoon proper noun: A surname.
shamos noun: Alternative form of shamash (“sexton in a synagogue”).
shamosaurine noun: Any ankylosaur of the genus Shamosaurus.
shamoy verb: To prepare leather by working oil into the skin.
shamoying noun: The act of one who shamoys.
shamozzle noun: Alternative form of shemozzle.
shampers noun /ˈʃæmpə(ɹ)z/: Alternative spelling of champers.
shampoo noun, verb /ʃæmˈpuː/: A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
shampoo bowl noun: A large bowl, basin or sink typically found in hair salons, with a cutout at the front that fits a person's neck while their hair is washed.
shampoo ginger noun: An Asian and Polynesian plant related to ginger, Zingiber zerumbet, whose inflorescence contains a substance used as a shampoo.
shampooable adjective: Suitable for cleaning with shampoo.
shampooer noun: A machine for shampooing carpets.
shampooey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
shampooing noun, verb /ʃamˈpuːɪŋ/: The act of cleaning something with shampoo.
shampoolike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of shampoo.
shamrock noun /ˈʃæm.ɹɒk/: The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
shamrockery noun: inauthentic Irishness
shamrocklike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shamrock.
shamrocky adjective: Related to, resembling, or covered in shamrocks; by extension, stereotypically associated with Ireland.
shamshir noun /ʃæmˈʃɪər/: A Persian curved blade without a pommel.
shamstep noun: A Levantine genre of electronic dance music that combines the traditional forms of dabke music with electronic instruments.
shamus noun /ˈʃɑːməs/: A private detective; originally, a policeman or police detective.
ShamWow noun: A brand of absorbent cloth.
Shamy proper noun: The ship of characters Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler from the television series The Big Bang Theory.
shamyana noun: Alternative form of shamiana.
shamyanah noun: Alternative form of shamiana.
shan adjective, noun /ʃɑn/: unfair, harsh
shan't verb /ʃɑːnt/: Contraction of shall + not (negative auxiliary).
Shana proper noun: A female given name from Welsh.
shana tova interjection: Happy New Year; a common greeting on and around Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
shanachie noun: Alternative form of seannachie.
shanachy noun: Alternative form of seannachie.
Shanahan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
shanai noun: Alternative form of shehnai.
shanbogue noun: A village clerk or accountant.
shand adjective, noun: Shame; scandal; disgrace.
shanda noun: Shame; disgrace.
Shandean adjective: Of or relating to The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, a novel by Laurence Sterne.
shandite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral brass yellow mineral containing lead, nickel, and sulfur.
Shandon proper noun: A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.
shandon beni noun: Alternative spelling of chadon beni.
Shandong proper noun /ʃænˈtɔŋ/: A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan.
Shandonger noun: A native or inhabitant of Shandong, China.
shandry noun: Synonym of shandrydan.
shandrydan noun: A hooded chaise; (later, jocular) any rickety old-fashioned vehicle.
Shands proper noun: A surname.
shandy adjective, noun /ˈʃændi/: A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
shandygaff noun: A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.
Shane proper noun /ʃeɪn/: A male given name from Irish.
Shanelle proper noun: A female given name of African-American usage.
Shaner proper noun: A surname.
shang noun: A Chinese unit of land area equivalent to 15 mu or about one hectare.
Shangaan noun: A member of this tribe.
shanghai noun, verb /ˈʃæŋ.haɪ/: To force or trick someone to go somewhere or do something against their will or interest, particularly
Shanghai hairy crab noun: Synonym of Chinese mitten crab.
Shanghai softshell turtle noun: Synonym of Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei).
shanghaier noun: One who shanghais.
shanghaiing noun, verb: The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.
Shanghailander noun: An expat living in Shanghai, especially (historical) in its former international extraterritorial zones.
Shanghainese adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Shanghai.
shangie noun: A shackle.
Shango proper noun: An orisha in Yoruba religion, the god of thunder, fire, justice, dance and virility.
Shangri-La noun /ˌʃæŋɡɹɪˈlɑː/: A place or land of complete bliss, delight, and peace, especially one seen as an escape from ordinary life; a paradise.
Shanhaiguan proper noun: A district of Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China.
Shani proper noun: A deity in Hinduism, the personification of the planet Saturn, associated with justice, karma, and discipline.
Shania proper noun: A female given name.
Shanice proper noun /ʃəˈniːs/: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Shanika proper noun /ʃəˈniːkə/: A female given name of Sinhala usage.
shank adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃæŋk/: The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
shank-bone noun: Alternative form of shankbone.
shank-iron noun: A shaping tool for the shanks of a shoe.
shank it verb: To run away; to leg it.
shank-nag verb: To travel on foot.
shank-painter noun: A small rope for fastening the shank of an anchor, when catted, to a ship's side.
shank's mare noun: Alternative form of shanks' mare.
shank's pony noun: Alternative form of shanks' pony
shank-weary adjective: weary-legged.
Shankar proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
shankbone noun: Synonym of canon bone.
shanked adjective, verb /ʃæŋkt/: Having a shank.
shanker noun: One who shanks a golf ball.
shankha noun: The conch-shell, considered sacred and of ritual importance.
Shankill proper noun: An outer suburb in south-east Dublin, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2522)
shanking noun, verb: A stabbing with a shank (improvised weapon).
Shankland proper noun: A surname from Old English.
Shankle proper noun: A surname.
shankless adjective: Lacking a shank
Shanklin proper noun /ˈʃæŋklɪn/: A town and civil parish with a town council on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5881).
shanks mare noun: One's own feet used for walking.
shanks' nag noun: Transportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.
shanks pony noun: One's feet or legs, regarded as a means of transport.
shanks's mare noun: Alternative form of shanks' mare
shanks's pony noun: Alternative form of shanks' pony
Shanksville proper noun: A borough of Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.
Shanley proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Shanmugam proper noun /ˈʃʌn.mʊ.ɡəm/: A male given name from Tamil.
shanna contraction: shall not
Shannan proper noun: A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
Shannon proper noun /ˈʃænən/: The longest river in the British Isles, which flows through Ireland into the Atlantic Ocean.
Shannon capacity noun: Synonym of Shannon limit.
Shannon entropy noun: information entropy
Shannon information noun: A basic quantity derived from the probability of a particular event occurring from a random variable.
Shannon limit noun: The theoretical maximum information transfer rate of a communication channel, given a particular noise level.
Shannon stopover noun: A compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of...
Shannonian adjective: Of or pertaining to Claude Shannon (1916-2001), American mathematician and founder of information theory.
shannonite noun: An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white mineral containing carbon, lead, and oxygen.
shanny noun: A fish, the prickleback.
Shannyn proper noun: A female given name
Shanshan proper noun: A county of Turpan, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
shant noun: A drink, usually a pint.
Shanta proper noun: The daughter of King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya, adopted by King Romapada, and wife of Rishyashringa in the Ramayana.
Shantae proper noun: A female given name
Shantanu proper noun: The name of a king in the Mahabharata.
shantey noun: Alternative form of shanty (“sailor's work song”).
shanti interjection, noun /ʃɑːnti/: A call for peace, often recited three times as a prayer for peace of the soul.
shantih interjection, noun: Alternative spelling of shanti.
shanto noun: A form of Guyanese music, related to calypso and mento.
Shantou proper noun: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
shants noun: An article of clothing too long to be designated as shorts, but too short to be considered pants.
shantung noun: A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed.
Shantungese noun: A person from Shandong, China.
shanty adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃænti/: A roughly-built hut or cabin.
shanty back noun: A small, rough, and temporary dwelling or shelter, often built by miners or workers in a mining camp.
shanty boy noun: A young lumberjack.
shanty-keeper noun: One who manages, oversees, or resides in a shanty.
shantyboy noun: Alternative form of shanty boy.
shantylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shanty.
shantyman noun: The sailor who sings the main line of a sea shanty (the other sailors singing the responses or choruses)
Shantz proper noun: A surname.
Shanxi proper noun /ˈʃɑnˈʃi/: A province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
shanyavskite noun: An amorphous aluminium hydroxide mineral.
shanzhai noun /ʃɑːnˈd͡ʒaɪ/: The imitation and trademark infringing of brands and goods of usually poor quality, particularly electronics made in China.
shanzhiside noun: An iridoid glucoside present in Lamiophlomis rotata
Shao proper noun: A surname.
shaobing noun /ˌʃaʊˈbɪŋ/: A baked, layered flatbread, sometimes with sesame on top, in northern Chinese cuisine.
Shaoguan proper noun /ʃaʊˈɡwɑn/: A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
shaojiu noun: Synonym of baijiu.
Shaolin proper noun /ˈʃaʊlɪn/: A collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.
shaomai noun: Alternative form of shumai.
Shaoshan proper noun: A county-level city of Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
shaowei noun: siu mei
Shaoxing proper noun /ʃaʊˈʃɪŋ/: A prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China, along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji...
Shaoxing wine noun: A variety of huangjiu made from rice, from the region of Shaoxing in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. It is used in cooking and as a beverage.
Shaozhou Tuhua noun: A highly distinct Chinese dialect spoken around Shaoguan and the border region of Guangdong, Hunan, and Guangxi.
Shap proper noun: A linear village and civil parish (joint with Shap Rural parish) in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY5615).
shapable adjective: Capable of being shaped.
Shapcott proper noun: A surname from Old English.
shape noun, verb /ˈʃeɪ̯p/: The status or condition of something

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.