English words: shellsuit to Shetland pony

300 English words, part 78 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 28 have a page of their own.

English words shellsuit to Shetland pony

shellsuit noun: Alternative spelling of shell suit.
shellsuited adjective: Dressed in a shell suit.
shelltoe adjective: shelltoes
shelltoed adjective: Having shelltoes.
shelltoes noun: A style of basketball shoe with a segmented rubber upper resembling a seashell.
shellular adjective: Relating to or composed of cellular shells.
shellwork noun /ˈʃɛlwɜː(ɹ)k/: A form of decoration made from shells arranged in a pattern.
shellworker noun: One who makes objects from shells.
shellworking noun: The process of making objects from shells.
shelly adjective /ˈʃɛli/: Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures
shellycoat noun: A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells.
Shelmerdine proper noun: A surname from Old English.
sheloshim noun /ʃ(ə)lɒˈʃɪm/: A period of thirty days after the burial of a deceased person, during which a mourner is forbidden to do certain things, such as marrying or shaving.
shelpad noun: Alternative form of shellpad.
shelpek noun /ˈʃɛl.pɛk/: A traditional Central Asian flatbread.
shelt-toad noun: Alternative form of shield-toad.
shelter noun, verb /ˈʃɛltə/: A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
shelter belt noun: Alternative form of shelterbelt.
shelter deck noun: A lightly-constructed deck over the main deck of a ship covering a space open to the weather; offering some protection from the weather but not completely...
shelter dog noun: A dog temporarily resident in or obtained from an animal shelter.
shelter half noun: A canvas sheet that, when combined with another, comprises a shelter tent; one half of a shelter tent.
shelter in place noun, verb: A strategy for avoiding danger, such as gun violence, a hurricane, etc., in which individuals remain inside the building they happen to be in at the time of...
shelter shock noun: A stress response in an animal entering an animal shelter.
shelter tent noun: a small wedge-shaped tent made by folding two waterproof sheets of material together
shelterable adjective: Able to be sheltered.
shelterage noun: Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.
shelterbelt noun: A row of trees that acts as a windbreak.
shelterbelted adjective: Furnished with a shelterbelt.
sheltercraft noun: The set of knowledge and skills needed to construct and maintain shelter in the wilderness.
sheltered adjective, verb /ˈʃɛltɚd/: Protected, as from wind or weather.
sheltered workshop noun: A place where persons with limited mental ability can work in a safe environment.
shelteredness noun: The quality of being sheltered.
shelteree noun: A person who is taken into a shelter.
shelterer noun: A person who takes shelter.
shelterin noun: A complex of proteins associated with telomeres that protect the ends of chromosomes
sheltering noun, verb: A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.
shelteringly adverb: So as to provide shelter.
shelterless adjective: Lacking shelter; homeless.
shelterlessness noun: Absence of shelter.
sheltermate noun: A person with whom one shares a shelter.
sheltersome adjective: Characterised or marked by sheltering; affording shelter or protection
shelterwood noun: Mature trees left standing to provide shelter to new saplings.
sheltery adjective: Giving shelter, acting as a shelter.
sheltie noun: A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.
Shelton proper noun /ˈʃɛltən/: A surname.
Sheltonian adjective /ʃɛlˈtəʊnɪ.ən/: Of or relating to Thomas Shelton, inventor of a much-used British 17th- and 18th-century stenography.
sheltopusic noun: Alternative form of sheltopusik.
sheltopusik noun: Pseudopus apodus, a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
sheltron noun /ˈʃɛltɹən/: A compact body of troops forming a battle array or phalanx, especially such a body of Scottish troops armed with pikes during the Wars of Scottish...
sheltrum noun: Alternative form of sheltron.
shelty noun: Alternative form of Sheltie.
shelve noun, verb /ʃɛlv/: To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
shelved adjective, verb: Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
shelver noun: One who or that which shelves something.
shelveset noun: A kind of changeset containing changes that have been temporarily set aside.
Shelvey proper noun: A surname.
Shelvin proper noun: A surname.
shelving adjective, noun, verb: Sloping (as opposed to horizontally flat or vertically upright).
shelvingly adverb: So as to slope steeply.
shelvy adjective: Having shelves.
Shem proper noun: The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
Shema proper noun: The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
shemagh noun /ʃəˈmɑːɡ/: A headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.
Shemaiah proper noun /ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/: A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
shematrin noun: Any of a family of structural proteins found in the shells of some oysters.
shemaya noun: Any of certain fishes in the genus Alburnus.
shemira noun: The Jewish religious ritual of watching over the body of a deceased person from the time of death until burial.
Shemite noun: A Semite, especially a descendant of the Biblical Shem.
Shemitic adjective /ʃəˈmɪ.tɪk/: of or pertaining to Shem, the oldest son of Noah
Shemitish adjective: Relating to Shem, the son of Noah in the Bible; Shemitic.
Shemitism noun: Alternative form of Semitism.
shemittah noun: Alternative form of shmita.
shemma noun: A traditional Ethiopian or Eritrean handwoven cotton cloth that holds cultural, social, and religious significance.
shemmy noun: Alternative form of chemmy (card game)
shemozzle noun, verb /ʃɪˈmɒzəl/: A state of chaos or confusion.
shen noun: A deity or a spirit, in Chinese folk religion.
shen ring noun: A circle with a line at a tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylized loop of rope, representing eternal protection.
shenachie noun: Alternative form of seannachie.
shenai noun: Alternative form of shehnai.
Shenandoah proper noun /ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊ.ə/: A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida, United States.
Shenandoah beard noun: A beard that is grown full and long over the jaw and chin, meeting the sideburns, while the hair above the mouth is shaved.
shenango noun: A casual dock laborer of little skill.
shenanigan noun, verb /ʃɪˈnænɪɡ(ə)n/: singular of shenanigans: a deceitful confidence trick; also, an act of mischief; a prank, a trick; an act of mischievous play, especially by children.
shenaniganery noun: Alternative form of shenaniganry.
shenaniganry noun: Acts of shenanigans; incidents of trickery or mischievous play.
shenanigans noun, verb /ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/: Mischievous play, especially by children.
shenanigous adjective: Characteristic of shenanigans; having to do with tomfoolery.
shenans noun: Contraction of shenanigans.
shend verb /ʃɛnd/: To disgrace or put to shame.
shendyt noun: a type of loincloth worn in Ancient Egypt
Shenfield proper noun /ʃɛnfiːld/: A suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6194).
sheng noun /ˈʃʌŋ/: A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest...
sheng nu noun: A woman in her mid- to late twenties and not yet married, particularly an unmarried successful businesswoman.
shengnan noun: A man who has for an extended amount of time been unable to find a romantic, interpersonal or physically intimate relationship.
shengnu noun: Alternative spelling of sheng nu.
shengyuan noun /ˌʃʌŋjuˈæn/: In ancient China, a scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college.
shenis noun /ˈʃiː.nɪs/: The penis of a trans woman.
shenjing shuairuo noun: A Chinese culture-bound syndrome of neurasthenia.
Shenk proper noun: A surname.
shenkui noun: A syndrome in China in which the individual suffers somatic symptoms with anxiety, traditionally believed to be caused by a loss of semen.
Shenley proper noun: A large area in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, which includes Shenley Brook End, Shenley Church End and Shenley Lodge.
Shenouda proper noun: A surname.
Shenoy proper noun: A surname.
Shensi proper noun: Synonym of Shaanxi: the Chinese province.
Shenstone proper noun /ˈʃɛn.stə(ʊ)n/: A surname.
Shenstonian adjective: Of or relating to William Shenstone (1714–1763), English poet and landscape gardener.
shentleman noun: gentleman
Shenton proper noun: A hamlet in Sutton Cheney parish, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3800).
Shenyang proper noun /ʃɛnˈjæŋ/: A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
shenyi noun /ʃɛn.i/: A type of Han Chinese clothing commonly worn from the pre-Shang dynasty periods to the Han dynasty.
Shenzhen proper noun /ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/: A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
shenzi noun: A barbarian (variously used to refer to foreigners, Europeans, or pagans)
Sheol proper noun /ˈʃi.oʊl/: The realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible,...
sheolic adjective: Of or relating to Sheol; hellish.
shep noun: Pronunciation spelling of ship.
Shepard scale noun: A series of Shepard tones constructed to give the illusion of a continuously rising (or falling) series of notes.
Shepard tone noun: A superposition of sine waves, separated by an octave, whose relative amplitude may be varied to give the illusion of a rising or falling note.
Shepardian adjective: Of or relating to Sam Shepard (born 1943), American playwright, actor and director.
Shepardson proper noun: A surname.
shepherd noun, verb /ˈʃɛpəd/: A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
shepherd dog noun: A sheepdog; (loosely) any herding dog.
shepherd king noun: In the ancient Middle East, a man or mythic figure who was both a shepherd and a king.
shepherd kings noun: the Hyksos
shepherd moon noun: A small moon that orbits near the outer edges of a planetary ring or within gaps in the ring. The edge of the ring remains sharply defined owing to the...
shepherd's clock noun: Synonym of laughing kookaburra.
shepherd's club noun: A plant, mullein.
shepherd's flute noun: A flageolet or similar instrument.
shepherd's gourd noun: A traditional, often hourglass-shaped container for carrying water, originally made from a hollowed-out, dried gourd; later copied in clay and ceramic,...
shepherd's jug noun: Synonym of shepherd's gourd.
shepherd's knot noun: The tormentil.
shepherd's needle noun: Venus comb (Scandix pecten-veneris)
shepherd's pie noun: A meat pie having a mashed potato crust, especially one made with lamb or mutton.
shepherd's pipe noun: The musette; a small bagpipe.
shepherd's pouch noun: The plant shepherd's purse.
shepherd's purse noun: An edible weed, Capsella bursa-pastoris, family Brassicaceae, native to Europe but now found world-wide.
shepherd's rod noun: Dipsacus pilosus, a small kind of teasel.
shepherd's tree noun: Synonym of motlopi.
shepherd satellite noun: A shepherd moon.
shepherd spider noun: harvestman, daddy longlegs (spider-like arachnid of the order Opiliones)
shepherd tree noun: Synonym of motlopi.
shepherdage noun: The work or care of a shepherd; shepherding.
shepherdess noun: A female shepherd.
shepherdess pie noun: A vegetarian version of shepherd's pie.
shepherdhood noun: The role or status of a shepherd.
shepherdia noun: Any of the genus Shepherdia of shrubs.
shepherding noun, verb: The herding of sheep.
shepherdish adjective: Resembling or suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
shepherdism noun: Pastoral life or occupation
shepherdless adjective: Lacking a shepherd.
shepherdless pie noun: A variation of shepherd's pie made without meat.
shepherdlessness noun: Absence of a shepherd or protector.
shepherdlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd.
shepherdling noun: A little shepherd.
shepherdly adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
shepherdship noun: The dignity or office of a shepherd.
Shepherdsville proper noun: A city, the county seat of Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States.
shepherdy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd.
Shepler proper noun: A surname.
Shepley proper noun: A surname.
Sheppard proper noun: An English surname originating as an occupation.
Shepparton proper noun: A city, the headquarters of the City of Greater Shepparton, in northern Victoria, Australia.
Shepperd proper noun: An English surname originating as an occupation
Shepperson proper noun: A surname.
Shepperton proper noun: A town in Spelthorne borough, Surrey, England, historically in the county of Middlesex (OS grid ref TQ0867).
Sheppey proper noun: Isle of Sheppey, an island off the northern coast of Kent, England.
sheppy noun: A sheepcote.
Sheprador noun: Clipping of German Sheprador.
Shepreth proper noun: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3947).
Shepshed proper noun: A town and civil parish with a town council in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4719).
shepster noun: A seamstress.
shepster time noun: The time of sheepshearing.
Shepway proper noun: a suburb in Maidstone, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7753)
sheqel noun: Alternative spelling of shekel.
Sher proper noun: A surname.
sheraff noun: Alternative form of shroff.
Sherard proper noun: A surname.
Sherardian adjective: Of or relating to William Sherard (1659–1728), English botanist, who established a professorship at the University of Oxford, the Sherardian Professor of...
sherardisation noun: Alternative form of sherardization.
sherardise verb: Alternative form of sherardize.
sherardization noun: The process of sherardizing.
sherardize verb: To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.
sherardizer noun: One who or that which sherardizes.
Sheraton proper noun: A surname
sherbert noun: Alternative form of sherbet (“food of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product added”).
sherbet noun /ˈʃɜː.bət/: A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.
sherbetty adjective: Alternative form of sherbety.
sherbety adjective: Having characteristics of sherbet
Sherborn proper noun: A surname.
Sherborne proper noun: A surname.
Sherbourne proper noun: A village and civil parish in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England.
Sherbro noun: A member of a people of the Bonthe District, Sierra Leone.
Sherbrooke proper noun /ˈʃɝ.bɹʊk/: A rural community of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Sherbrookian adjective, noun: Pertaining to Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Sherburn proper noun: A village in Sherburn Village parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3142).
Sherburne proper noun: A surname.
sherd noun /ˈʃɜːd/: Alternative form of shard.
Sherden noun: A Sea Peoples tribe of the late Bronze Age.
Shere proper noun: A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ0747).
Sheree proper noun: A female given name.
shereef noun: A member of an Arab princely family descended from Muhammad through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima, the "Grand Shereef" being the governor of Mecca.
shereefa noun: Alternative form of sharifa.
Sheremetyevo proper noun: An airport in Moscow, Russia.
Sherer proper noun: A surname.
Sherfield proper noun: A surname.
Shergold proper noun: A surname.
shergottite noun /ˌʃɚ.ɡəˈtaɪt/: A type of meteorite composed of lava from a planet other than Earth.
Sheri proper noun: A female given name, variant of Sherry.
Sheridan proper noun /ˈʃɛɹɪdən/: A surname from Irish.
Sheridan's threadfin noun: A fish, Polynemus macrochir.
sheridanite noun: An aluminium-rich clinochlore mineral.
sherif noun: Alternative form of shereef.
sherifa noun: Alternative form of sharifa.
sheriff noun, verb /ˈʃɛɹɪf/: (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
sheriff clerk noun: The registrar of the Scottish sheriff's court, who has charge of its records.
sheriff-depute noun: The sheriff proper, so called since the abolition of the heritable jurisdictions in 1748 to distinguish him from the earlier heritable sheriff-principal,...
sheriff officer noun: An officer of the Scottish sheriff court, responsible for serving documents and enforcing court orders within a sheriffdom.
sheriff-substitute noun: The acting sheriff in a Scottish county or city, like the sheriff-depute appointed by the Crown, but unlike the sheriff-depute forced to reside within his...
sheriffalty noun: The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
sheriffcy noun: Synonym of shrievalty.
sheriffdom noun: The regions in which a sheriff has authority.
sheriffess noun: A female sheriff.
sheriffhood noun: The office of sheriff.
sheriffry noun: The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
sheriffship noun: The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
sheriffwick noun: The area of jurisdiction of a sheriff.
Sherifian adjective: Relating to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
Sherine proper noun: A female given name.
Sheringham proper noun /ˈʃɛɹɪŋəm/: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1543).
sheristadar noun: The head ministerial officer of a court, responsible, among other business, for dealing with incoming complaints.
Sherk proper noun: A surname.
Sherley proper noun: A surname.
sherlock verb /ˈʃɜɹ.lɒk/: To deduce.
Sherlock Holmesiana noun: Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmesish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlock Holmesy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
sherlocked adjective, verb: Addicted to the television series Sherlock.
Sherlockesque adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlockian adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Sherlock Holmes or his investigations, methods, or sayings.
Sherlockiana noun: Memorabilia or writings related to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlockish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlocky adjective: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sherlyn proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage.
sherm noun /ʃɜː(ɹ)m/: The drug phencyclidine (PCP).
sherm head noun: A person addicted to or mentally affected by smoking sherms (cigarettes dipped in phencyclidine).
sherm stick noun: A cigarette or joint laced with phencyclidine.
Sherman noun /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)mən/: A Sherman tank, main Allied battle tank in World War II; Named after American general William Tecumseh Sherman. Coined by British Prime Minister Sir Winston...
Sherman necktie noun /ˈʃɜːmən ˈnɛktaɪ/: A segment of rail that has been heated and twisted into a loop, as a means of destroying a railway.
Sherman's bow tie noun: Synonym of Sherman necktie.
Sherman's hairpin noun: Synonym of Sherman necktie.
Sherman's necktie noun: Alternative form of Sherman necktie.
Sherman statement noun: An official refusal to serve in public office or similar; a Shermanesque statement.
Shermanesque adjective: Having the intent of refusing a nomination to public office, or of refusing to serve in such office if elected.
shermed adjective: Under the influence of phencyclidine.
shermed out adjective: Synonym of shermed.
shermed up adjective: Synonym of shermed.
Shermer proper noun: A surname from German.
shermhead noun: Alternative form of sherm-head.
shern noun: Alternative form of sharn.
shero noun /ˈʃɪɹoʊ/: A female hero.
sheroff noun: Alternative spelling of shroff.
sheroic adjective: Heroic in a female or feminist context.
sheroot noun: Alternative form of cheroot.
sherpa noun, verb /ˈʃɝpə/: A member of a particular Himalayan ethnic group living in Nepal and Tibet, known especially as mountaineers.
Sherrard proper noun: A surname.
Sherratt proper noun: A surname.
Sherrell proper noun: A surname.
Sherrer proper noun: A surname.
Sherri proper noun: A female given name, variant of Sherry and Cheri.
Sherrick proper noun: A surname.
sherried adjective: Prepared with sherry.
sherrification noun: Oxidation.
sherrify verb: To oxidize.
Sherrill proper noun: An English surname.
Sherrin noun: A football used in Australian rules.
Sherrington proper noun: A village and civil parish (without a council) in the Wylye Valley, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9639).
Sherrod proper noun: A surname from German.
Sherron proper noun: A surname.
sherry noun /ˈʃɛɹi/: A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.
sherry vinegar noun: wine vinegar made from sherry
sherrylike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of sherry.
sherryvallies noun /ʃɛɹɪˈvælɪz/: Thick loose riding-trousers, fastened on the outside of each leg.
sherut noun /ʃeɪˈɹuːt/: Synonym of shared taxi.
sherwani noun: A knee-length coat that buttons to the neck, worn by men in parts of India and Pakistan.
Sherwin proper noun: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Sherwood proper noun /ˈʃɝwʊd/: An English habitational surname from Old English derived from Sherwood Forest.
Sherwoodian adjective: Of or relating to Sherwood Forest.
sherwoodite noun /ˈʃɝwʊdaɪt/: A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and vanadium.
Sheryl proper noun: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Cheryl and Shirley.
sheself pronoun: herself
Shesha proper noun: One of the primal beings of creation, a many-headed snake who holds all of the planets of the universe on his hoods and constantly sings the glories of Vishnu.
shet noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of shut.
shetadlan noun: Alternative form of shtadlan.
shetadlanut noun: Alternative form of shtadlanut.
shetani noun: An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.
shetar noun: Alternative form of starr.
sheth noun /ʃɛθ/: The bar on a plough which projects downward beneath the beam to connect to the sole.
shetland noun /ˈʃɛtlənd/: A particular breed of pony.
Shetland lace noun: An openwork ornamental trimming made with woolen yarn for shawls, etc.
Shetland pony noun: A small horse of a breed originally from the Shetland Islands

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.