English words: shchav to sheepness

300 English words, part 76 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words shchav to sheepness

shchav noun: Alternative form of schav.
shchee noun: Alternative form of shchi.
Shcherbakov proper noun: A surname
shcherbakovite noun: A particular batisite mineral.
shcherbinaite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow green mineral containing oxygen and vanadium.
shchi noun /ʃi/: A type of soup from Russia made from cabbage.
SHCS noun: Initialism of socket head cap screw.
shd verb: Abbreviation of should.
shDNA noun: Abbreviation of small-hairpin DNA.
she determiner, noun, prefix, pronoun, verb /ʃiː/: The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
she-ape noun: A female ape.
she-ass noun: A female donkey.
she-bagger noun: A woman who places bags on seats on public transport to reserve them.
she-bagging noun: The practice of women reserving seats in public transport by means of placing bags upon them.
she-bear noun: A female bear (as opposed to a he-bear, male bear).
she-buffalo noun: A female buffalo.
she-camel noun: a female camel
she-cat noun: An (adult) female cat.
she-crab noun: A female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, especially an immature one (as contrasted with a sook).
she-crab soup noun: A rich soup, similar to bisque, made of milk or heavy cream, crab or fish stock, Atlantic blue crab meat, and (traditionally) crab roe, with a dash of dry...
she'd contraction /ʃiːd/: Contraction of she + had.
she'd've contraction /ˈʃiːdəv/: Contraction of she + would + had: she would’ve; she woulda.
she-demon noun: A female demon.
she-devil noun: A female devil (as opposed to a he-devil, male devil).
she-dog noun: A female dog; a bitch.
she-E-O noun: A female CEO.
she-elephant noun: A female elephant.
she-fox noun: Synonym of vixen.
she-goat noun /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/: A female goat.
she/her noun: A person who identifies as female; one who uses feminine pronouns.
she-lion noun: A lioness.
she'll contraction /ʃiːl/: Contraction of she + will.
she'll be apples phrase: Everything will be all right.
she'll be right phrase /ʃɪəl bi ɹʌɪt/: OK, no problem, everything will be all right.
she'll've contraction: she will have
she-mullet noun: A mullet (hairstyle) on a girl or woman.
she-oak noun /ˈʃioʊk/: Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.
she-ogre noun: A female ogre.
she or he pronoun: Alternative form of he or she.
she-orc noun: Synonym of orcess.
she's contraction /ʃiːz/: Contraction of she + is.
she's apples phrase: Everything is all right, or in good working order.
she's the cat's mother phrase: Alternative form of who's 'she', the cat's mother.
she's unconscious phrase: Indicates that a female person is currently not conscious.
She-She-She Camp noun: A camp for unemployed women organized in the United States as a counterpart to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men.
she shed noun: Synonym of woman cave
she-stuff noun: Female stock, especially cattle.
she-tiger noun: A female tiger or tigress.
She-Type noun: A Jaguar F-Pace automobile.
she've contraction: Contraction of she have.
she-walrus noun: A female walrus.
she-wolf noun: A female wolf.
shea noun /ʃi/: A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina...
shea butter noun /ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚ/: A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in...
shea butter tree noun: Synonym of shea.
shea tree noun: A tree, the source of a fruit with a nutritious flesh and an oil-rich seed which yields shea butter (used in cosmetics), endemic to Africa (Vitellaria...
Shead proper noun: A surname.
sheading noun /ˈʃiːdɪŋ/: Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.
sheaf noun, verb /ʃiːf/: A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
sheaf theory noun: That field of modern mathematics that studies sheaves (“abstract constructs in topology”).
Sheaffer proper noun: A surname.
sheafification noun: The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf.
sheafless adjective: Without a sheaf or sheaves.
sheaflike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf.
sheafwise adverb: In sheaves or bundles.
sheafy adjective: Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
Sheahan proper noun: A male given name.
sheal noun, verb: A shell or pod.
shealing noun: Alternative spelling of shieling.
Shealy proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Shean proper noun: A surname.
shear noun, verb /ʃɪə/: To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping.
shear-cake noun: A counterweighted refractory slab used as a gate or door to a small furnace or oven.
shear centre noun: The point where a shear force can act without producing any twist in the section. In general not the centroid, but a point through which a force transverse...
shear hog noun: A sheep after its first shearing.
shear legs noun: A form of derrick, consisting of three poles and a block and tackle, used to hoist and lower heavy weights, especially the masts of sailing ships.
shear line noun: Alternative form of shearline.
shear modulus noun: A measure of the elastic shear stiffness of a material, defined as the ratio of shear stress to shear strain.
shear pole noun: Alternative form of shearpole.
shear steel noun: A steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to...
shear strength noun: The resistance to forces that cause or tend to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relative to each other in a direction parallel to their contrast.
shear stress noun: The component of stress that causes parallel layers of a material to move relative to each other in their own planes.
shear-thickening adjective: whose viscosity increases with increasing shear rate
shear-thinning adjective: whose viscosity decreases with increasing shear rate
shear viscosity noun: Resistance to flowing.
shear wall noun: Alternative form of shearwall.
shear wave noun: A wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.
shear zone noun: A thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each...
shearability noun: The condition or extent of being shearable.
shearable adjective: That is subject to shear
shearbill noun: A seabird, the black skimmer.
shearer noun /ˈʃɪəɹə/: A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
shearer's stew noun: A stew of lamb and vegetables.
shearfree adjective: Free from shear forces.
Shearin proper noun: A surname.
shearing adjective, noun, verb: Tending to cut or tear.
shearing shed noun: A building in which sheep are sheared.
shearinine noun: Any of a group of marine fungal isolates with anticancer activity in vitro.
shearleg noun: Alternative form of sheerleg.
shearless adjective: Having, or producing no (or very little) shear
shearlet noun: An extension of the wavelet, allowing the efficient encoding of anisotropic features in multivariate problem classes.
shearlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool).
shearline noun: A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity.
shearling noun: A sheep that has been shorn for the first time
shearman noun: One whose occupation is to shear cloth.
shearn noun: Alternative form of sharn.
shearography noun: The visualisation of surface strain by means of optical interference
Shearon proper noun: A surname.
shearotactic adjective: Relating to shearotaxis
shearotactically adverb: As a result of shearotaxis
shearotaxis noun: Movement as a result of an applied shear force
shearpole noun: A horizontal crosspiece.
shears noun, verb /ʃɪə(ɹ)z/: A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc.
shearsman noun: Alternative form of shearman.
shearsmith noun: A person who makes shears.
'sheart interjection: Used as an oath and in expressions of wonder, anger, etc.
sheartail noun: The common tern, Sterna hirundo.
shearwall noun: An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
shearwater noun: Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.
shearwave noun: Alternative form of shear wave.
sheat noun: A sheatfish
sheat-fish noun: Alternative spelling of sheatfish.
sheatfish noun: A wels catfish (Silurus glanis), the largest freshwater fish in Europe.
sheath noun /ʃiːθ/: A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
sheath cake noun: Alternative form of sheet cake.
sheath dress noun: A long close-fitting dress or skirt, often with a slit or pleat on one side. It is longer than a cocktail dress and falls around the knees or lower thighs.
sheath knife noun: A knife with a fixed blade that fits in a protective sheath when not in use; such a knife may be small (serving as a neck knife, boot knife, or pocketknife)...
sheath-tail bat noun: Alternative form of sheath-tailed bat.
sheath-tailed bat noun: Many bats of the family Emballonuridae.
sheath-tailed mouse noun: A mouse, Mus fragilicauda
sheathable adjective: Capable of being sheathed.
sheathbill noun /ˈʃiːθ.bɪl/: Either of two species of scavenging birds in the genus Chionis which breed only on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands.
sheathe verb /ʃiːð/: To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
sheathe the sword verb: To end a battle; to make peace.
sheathed cable noun: Electrical wire that has the insulated stands enclosed in a further sheath.
sheather noun /ˈʃiː.θə/: One who makes sheaths.
sheathing noun, verb /ˈʃiːðɪŋ/: Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
sheathless adjective: Without a sheath.
sheathlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a sheath.
sheathotomy noun: incision into the sheath of a vessel
sheathtail noun: Synonym of sheath-tailed bat.
sheathtail bat noun: Alternative form of sheath-tail bat.
sheathtailed bat noun: Alternative form of sheath-tailed bat.
sheathy adjective /ˈʃiːθi/: Forming or resembling a sheath or case.
sheave noun, verb /ʃiːv/: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
sheaved adjective, verb: Made into a sheaf
sheaveless adjective: Without a sheave.
Sheb proper noun: A nickname for the given name Shelby.
Sheba noun /ˈʃiːbə/: A flapper (daring young woman of the Jazz Age).
Sheban adjective, noun: Of or relating to Sheba.
shebander noun: A harbourmaster in the Southeast Asia.
shebang noun /ʃɪˈbæŋ(ɡ)/: A lean-to or temporary shelter.
shebeck noun: Alternative form of xebec.
shebeen noun, verb /ʃɪˈbiːn/: An unlicensed drinking establishment, especially in Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa.
shebeener noun: The proprietor of a shebeen.
shebka noun: A plateau cut up by a network of ravines.
shebook noun: Alternative form of chibouk.
shebop verb: To masturbate.
Sheboygan proper noun: A city, the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States.
Sheboyganite noun: A native or resident of the city of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States.
Shebrew noun: A female Hebrew.
shebunder noun: Alternative form of shebander.
shecarry noun: Dated form of shikari.
shecession noun /ʃiːˈsɛʃn̩/: Excessively high female unemployment.
Shechem proper noun: An ancient city near present-day Nablus, Palestine.
Shechemite noun: An inhabitant of the ancient city of Shechem.
shechina noun: Alternative form of shechinah.
shechinah noun /ʃ(ə)ˈxiːnə/: the presence of God.
shechita noun: Alternative form of shehitah.
shechitah noun: Alternative form of shehitah.
shecht verb: to perform shechita, to ritually slaughter
Sheck proper noun: A surname.
Sheckler proper noun: A surname.
sheconomy noun: The trend whereby women are gaining economic power, and living increasingly consumerist lifestyles, particularly when it comes to spending on fashion, food,...
shed adjective, noun, verb /ʃɛd/: To part, separate or divide.
shed a tear verb /ˈʃɛdəˈtɪə/: To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness)
shed blood verb: To kill or wound, or be wounded or killed, in violence.
shed find noun: Synonym of barn find.
shed light on verb: To illuminate; to make clear.
shed light upon verb: Illuminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).
shed load noun: A load that has been shed.
shed out verb: To move (sheep who have lambed) to better pasture.
shed roof noun: A roof having only one sloping plane and no hips, ridges or valleys.
shed skin verb: To cast off natural covering; to remove dead skin cells.
shed tears verb /ˈʃɛdˈtɪəz/: To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.
sheda grass noun: Dichanthium annulatum, marvel grass
shedable adjective: Alternative form of sheddable.
Shedd proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
sheddable adjective: Able to be shed or discarded.
sheddase noun: Any of a group of membrane-bound enzymes that cleave extracellular portions of transmembrane proteins, releasing the soluble ectodomains from the cell surface.
shedded adjective: Having, or covered by, a shed.
Shedden proper noun: A surname.
shedder noun: Agent noun of shed; one who sheds.
shedding noun, verb /ˈʃɛdɪŋ/: The act of shedding, separating, or casting off.
shedding game noun: A card game in which the winner is the first to get rid of all their cards
shedful noun: As much as a shed can hold.
shedhand noun: A worker in a sheep-shearing shed.
Shediac proper noun /ʃɛd.i.ə/: A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
shedista noun: A low-budget independent winemaker.
shedless adjective: Without a shed (outbuilding).
shedlike adjective: Resembling a shed.
shedload noun /ˈʃɛd.ləʊd/: A shitload; a large amount.
shedmaster noun: The person in charge of an engine shed (or locomotive shed).
shedrow noun: A row of sheds; especially, a row of barns for horses at the start of a race track.
shedtwt noun: The community on Twitter of people that self-harm or have eating disorders.
shedworker noun: One who telecommutes from a garden office.
shedworking noun: The practice of telecommuting from a garden office.
shee shee noun, verb [ʃiː˨ ʃiː˨˦]: To urinate; to pee.
sheebang noun: Alternative form of shebang.
sheebeen noun: Alternative form of shebeen.
Sheedy proper noun /ˈʃi.di/: An Irish surname originating as a patronymic.
sheefish noun: Synonym of inconnu.
Sheehan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Sheehan's syndrome noun: Postpartum pituitary gland necrosis.
Sheehy proper noun: A surname from Irish.
sheek kebab noun: Alternative spelling of seekh kebab.
Sheela proper noun /ˈʃiːlə/: A female given name from Sanskrit of Indian origin.
sheela-na-gig noun: A carving of a naked woman with an exaggerated vulva, found in old British and Irish architecture, perhaps used to ward off death and evil.
Sheeler proper noun: A surname.
sheelin noun: Alternative spelling of shieling.
sheeling noun: Alternative spelling of shieling.
sheely noun: A shilfa, or chaffinch.
sheen adjective, noun, verb /ʃiːn/: Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
sheen obsidian noun: A rare type of volcanic glass that forms when gas bubbles or mineral inclusions become trapped in layers of rapidly cooling lava.
Sheena proper noun: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
sheenful adjective: Having a sheen; shining; glossy.
sheenless adjective: Without a sheen; dull.
sheenlessness noun: The quality of being sheenless; matte; glosslessness.
sheenly adverb: brightly
sheep noun /ˈʃiːp/: A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
sheep-bell noun /ˈʃipˌbɛl/: A bell attached to a collar worn by sheep.
sheep-biter noun: A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep.
sheep-biting adjective: Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.
sheep crab noun: A crab of species Loxorhynchus grandis.
sheep creep noun: A small, low opening built into the base of a drystone wall or farm boundary; it allows sheep and lambs to pass freely between fields while blocking larger...
sheep-dip noun, verb: A liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide, used to protect sheep from infestation by external parasites.
sheep dog noun: Alternative form of sheepdog.
sheep drowner noun: A very heavy downpour of rain.
Sheep Eater noun: A member of the Tukudeka people.
sheep-faced adjective: bashful; sheepish
sheep farmer noun: A farmer with a flock of sheep; a shepherd.
sheep-headed adjective: silly; simple-minded; stupid
sheep in wolf's clothing noun: Someone or something that appears fierce or threatening but is actually harmless or means no harm.
sheep ked noun: A wingless blood-feeding ked (louse fly) of sheep, Melophagus ovinus.
sheep laurel noun: A shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia, in the family Ericaceae, with pink flowers.
sheep-like adjective: Alternative spelling of sheeplike.
sheep liver fluke noun: A parasitic flatworm, of species Fasciola hepatica, of the class Trematoda, that infects the livers of various mammals, including humans.
sheep louse noun: A kind of parasitic insect, of genus Bovicola, that infests sheep.
sheep measles noun: Synonym of cysticercosis.
sheep milk noun: milk produced by sheep
sheep polypore noun: An edible mushroom (Albatrellus ovinus).
sheep-run noun: A tract of land for pasturing of sheep.
sheep's-bit noun: A European herb (Jasione montana)
sheep's eye noun: A secretive, pining look, or humble doting glance.
sheep's fescue noun: Festuca ovina, a Eurasian grass.
sheep's foot noun: Alternative form of sheepsfoot.
sheep's head noun: Alternative form of sheepshead (“fish”).
sheep shagger noun: Alternative spelling of sheepshagger.
sheep-silver noun: Money once paid by tenants for exemption from the service of washing the lord's sheep.
sheep-skin noun: Alternative spelling of sheepskin.
sheep sorrel noun: Rumex acetosella, a species of sorrel.
sheep-split noun: A split or strip of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.
sheep station noun: A very large sheep farm, usually situated in the back country.
sheep tick noun: Synonym of castor bean tick.
sheep walk noun: Alternative form of sheepwalk.
sheep wash noun: Alternative form of sheepwash.
sheepadoodle noun: A dog that is a cross between an Old English Sheepdog and a poodle.
sheepback noun: A rock formation created by glacial erosion.
sheepberry noun: The plant Viburnum lentago, native to the northeastern and midwestern United States and southern Canada.
sheepbush noun: Pentzia incana, a shrub native to South Africa and introduced to Australia.
sheepcot noun: Alternative form of sheepcote.
sheepcote noun: A small building for sheltering sheep.
sheepdip noun: Alternative form of sheep-dip.
sheepdog noun, verb: Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed.
sheepdom noun: The quality or state of being a sheep.
Sheepeater noun: Alternative form of Sheep Eater.
sheepfaced adjective: Alternative form of sheep-faced
sheepflesh noun: The meat or flesh of sheep; mutton.
sheepfold noun /ˈʃiːp.fəʊld/: An enclosure for keeping sheep.
sheepgrass noun: Any ryegrass of the genus Leymus.
sheephead noun: Alternative form of sheepshead.
sheepherder noun: A person who herds sheep; a shepherd.
sheepherding noun: The activity of herding sheep
sheephood noun: The state of being a sheep.
sheephook noun: crook, a staff used by shepherds
sheephouse noun: A roofed enclosure for sheep.
sheepily adverb: In the manner of a sheep; sheepishly.
sheepiness noun: The state or quality of being sheepy.
sheepish adjective /ˈʃiːpɪʃ/: Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
sheepishly adverb /ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/: In a sheepish way; shyly; meekly; bashfully; self-consciously; with embarrassment.
sheepishness noun: The quality or property of being sheepish; shyness; bashfulness.
sheepkind noun: All sheep, collectively.
sheepless adjective: Without sheep.
sheeplet noun: A little sheep; a lamb.
sheeplike adjective /ˈʃip.laɪk/: Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
sheepling noun: A little or young sheep; lamb.
sheepman noun: A man engaged in the raising, breeding, or tending of sheep, especially the owner or operator of a sheep enterprise.
sheepmaster noun: Shepherd.
sheepmeat noun: The meat of a sheep, used as food; mutton.
sheepness noun: The quality of being a sheep.

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.