English words: Shetland sheepdog to shikonin
300 English words, part 79 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 30 have a page of their own.
English words Shetland sheepdog to shikonin
- Shetland sheepdog noun: A breed of small sheepdogs, originally from the Shetland Islands.
- Shetland wool noun: A thin but strong undyed worsted, spun from the wool of the sheep in the Shetland Islands, used for knitting fine shawls, etc.
- Shetlander noun: A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands.
- Shetlandian adjective: Of or relating to the Shetland Islands.
- Shetlandic adjective: Of or related to the Shetland Islands, its people, or their culture.
- Shetlandish adjective, noun: Synonym of Shetlandic.
- Shetler proper noun: A surname.
- Shetterly proper noun: A surname.
- Shettleston proper noun: An eastern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6463).
- shetty noun: Alternative form of chete (“knife”).
- Sheu proper noun: A surname from Mandarin.
- sheugh noun /ʃu/: A ditch, especially a field boundary ditch usually used to drain fields and mark their boundaries.
- sheva noun: Alternative form of shva (“Hebrew vowel sign”).
- sheva brachot noun: the seven blessings recited after grace after meals at a wedding feast, and at festivities during the week after or before the wedding.
- Shevardnadze proper noun: A transliteration of the Georgian surname შევარდნაძე (ševardnaʒe).
- shevarim noun: A series of three medium-length blasts of the shofar.
- Shevchenko proper noun /ʃeɪvˈtʃɛnkɔː/: A surname from Ukrainian
- Shevchuk proper noun: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Шевчу́к (Ševčúk).
- shevelled adjective: very tidy; neat; ordered.
- Shevlin proper noun: A surname from Irish.
- shevri noun: Sesbania sesban, the Egyptian riverhemp.
- shew stone noun: A crystal ball.
- shewa noun: Alternative form of shva (“Hebrew vowel sign”).
- shewage noun: Synonym of scavage.
- shewanellosis noun: An infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Shewanella.
- shewel noun: Alternative form of sewel (“scarecrow”).
- Shewfelt noun: A back handspring off the vaulting horse or vaulting table with a layout and two-and-a-half twists.
- shewstone noun: Alternative form of shew stone.
- Sheyenne proper noun: A city and town in North Dakota.
- sheyikh noun: Alternative form of sheik.
- sheykh noun: Dated form of sheik.
- sheytân noun: Alternative spelling of shaitan.
- sheytel noun: Alternative form of sheitel.
- sheytl noun: Alternative form of sheitel.
- SHF noun: Initialism of super high frequency.
- SHGC noun: Initialism of solar heat gain coefficient.
- shh interjection, noun, verb /ʃ̩ː/: Demanding silence.
- shhh interjection, noun: Initialism of self-help for the hard of hearing.
- shi interjection, noun, pronoun /ʃaɪ/: Abbreviation of shibire.
- Shi'a noun /ˈʃiːə/: Synonym of Shiite.
- Shi'a-centric adjective: Centred on or emphasizing Shi'a Islam.
- Shi'a Muslim noun: Synonym of Shiite.
- Shi'i adjective, noun /ˈʃiːi/: Synonym of Shiite.
- Shi'i Muslim adjective, noun: Synonym of Shiite.
- Shi'ification noun: Shi'itization.
- Shi'ify verb: To make Shiite, or to increase the Shia character of.
- Shi'iness noun: The quality of being Shi'ite
- Shi'ism noun /ˈʃiːɪz(ə)m/: Shi'a Islam
- Shi'ist adjective, noun: A proponent of Shi'ism.
- Shi'ite adjective, noun: Alternative form of Shiite.
- Shi'itic adjective: Of, or pertaining to Shi'ism.
- Shi'itism noun: Alternative form of Shiitism.
- Shi'itization noun: Alternative spelling of Shiitization.
- Shi'ization noun: Shiitization
- Shi'ize verb: To make Shi'ite.
- shi shi adjective: Alternative spelling of chichi (“affectedly trendy”).
- shi(ts) noun /ʃɪtiːɛs/: Abbreviation of shibire(ts).
- Shia noun: Alternative form of Shi'a.
- Shiadom noun: The Shiite world.
- Shiah noun: Alternative form of Shi'a.
- shiai noun: A judo competition.
- Shiaism noun: Alternative form of Shi'ism.
- shian noun: A magical fairy mound.
- Shiaphilia noun: Love or admiration for Shiism or of Shiite civilization.
- Shiaphobe noun: A person who exhibits Shiaphobia
- Shiaphobia noun: An irrational fear, hatred, or dislike of Shi'ites.
- Shiatic adjective: Shi'itic
- shiatsu noun /ʃiːˈɑːt.suː/: A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.
- shiatzu noun: Alternative form of shiatsu.
- shiba noun: Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
- shiba inu noun /ˌʃiːbə ˈiːnuː/: A dog of a small, agile Japanese breed originally used for hunting.
- shibah noun: Alternative spelling of shiva.
- shibar noun: A kind of coasting vessel, sometimes described as a great patamar.
- shibari noun /ʃɪˈbɑː.ɹi/: The artful use of twine to tie objects or packages.
- Shibasaki proper noun /ʃibəˈsɑki/: A surname from Japanese.
- Shibata proper noun: A surname from Japanese.
- shibazuke noun: A type of Japanese eggplant pickle.
- shibbar noun: Alternative form of shibar.
- shibbeen noun: Alternative form of shebeen.
- shibboleth noun /ˈʃɪbəlɛθ/: A particular pronunciation or custom that is regarded as distinguishing members of a group from non-members, especially when used as a test.
- shibbolethic adjective: Resembling or relating to a shibboleth.
- Shibden proper noun: A village in West Yorkshire, England.
- shibe noun /ʃiːb/: A Shiba Inu.
- shibilant noun: A sibilant (fricative or affricate) pronounced further back in the mouth than [s] and [z]: [ʃ], [ʒ], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ], etc.
- shibire noun: A gene found in Drosophila, its homolog of the dynamin gene.
- shibire(ts) noun: A gene variant, the temperature sensitive version of shibire
- shibkovite noun: A hexagonal-dihexagonal dipyramidal mineral containing calcium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, sodium, and zinc.
- Shibley proper noun: A surname.
- shibori noun: A form of Japanese tie-dye on silk
- shibuichi noun: A Japanese silver-copper alloy that can be patinated into a range of muted shades of blue or green through the use of rokusho.
- Shibuya proper noun /ʃɪˈbuːjə/: A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Shinjuku, Minato, Shinagawa, Meguro, Setagaya, Suginami, and Nakano...
- Shibuya-kei noun: A Japanese pop music subgenre and fashion aesthetic of the mid- to late 1990s, inspired by 1960s culture and Western pop music.
- Shibuya toast noun: Synonym of honey toast (“Japanese dessert”).
- shicer noun: A worthless thing or person, especially a swindler.
- shichimi noun: A Japanese spice mixture based on coarsely ground red chili pepper.
- shichimi togarashi noun: Shichimi.
- shichirin noun: A lightweight, portable Japanese charcoal grill.
- Shick proper noun: A surname.
- shickaree noun: Dated form of shikari.
- shicker adjective, noun /ˈʃɪkɚ/: Drunk, drunkard.
- shickered adjective, verb /ˈʃɪkəd/: Drunk.
- shickery adjective: Shabby; bad.
- shid interjection, noun, phrase, verb /ʃɪd/: A piece of firewood four feet long.
- shidduch noun, verb /ˈʃɪdəx/: A system of matchmaking in which Jewish singles are introduced to each other.
- shiddukh noun /ˈʃɪdəx/: Alternative spelling of shidduch.
- shide noun /ʃaɪd/: A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38...
- shido noun: A minor penalty in judo.
- Shieh proper noun: A surname.
- Shiekh proper noun: A surname.
- shiel noun, verb /ʃiːl/: A shepherd's hut or shieling.
- shield noun, verb /ˈʃiːld/: A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- shield aralia noun: Synonym of saucer-leaf.
- shield-backed bug noun: Any insect in the family Scutelleridae, true bugs which have the thorax extended to cover the wings and abdomen, and are often brightly-colored with a...
- shield-bearer noun: A person who carries a shield, either a warrior, or a lower-ranking person who carries a shield for a higher-ranking person.
- shield beetle noun: Any of the American shield bugs, in the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
- shield bug noun: Any of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea.
- shield fern noun: Dryopteris (buckler ferns)
- shield law noun: legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news...
- shield-maid noun: Synonym of shieldmaiden.
- shield maiden noun: Alternative form of shieldmaiden.
- shield-may noun: Synonym of shieldmaiden.
- shield shrimp noun: A member of the Notostraca; a tadpole shrimp.
- shield-skipper noun: Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genus Signeta.
- shield-toad noun: A turtle or tortoise.
- shield volcano noun: A large volcano, with shallow-sloping sides and a flattened dome, formed of successive eruptions of free-flowing lava from fissure vents.
- shield wall noun: A defensive formation, used from antiquity through the early Middle Ages, in which soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with their shields overlapping,...
- shieldable adjective: Capable of being shielded.
- shieldback noun: Any of various katydids with a shield-like pronotum.
- shieldbearer noun: Alternative form of shield-bearer.
- shieldbill noun: Any of various birds of the genus Peltops.
- shieldbug noun: Alternative spelling of shield bug.
- shielded adjective, verb: Provided with, or possessing, a shield.
- shielded cable noun: Synonym of screened cable.
- shielded room noun: A room which has protection against various external interferences (e.g. electromagnetic signals) for critical application use.
- shielded twisted pair noun: A pair of twisted wires which is surrounded by a metal shield in order to protect from EMI.
- shieldedly adverb: In a shielded manner; protectedly
- shieldfern noun: Alternative form of shield fern.
- shielding noun, verb: The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei
- shielding constant noun: Synonym of screening constant.
- shieldingly adverb: In a way that shields.
- shieldless adjective: Without a shield.
- shieldlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shield.
- shieldmaid noun: Synonym of shieldmaiden.
- shieldmaiden noun: A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
- shieldmaker noun: A maker of shields.
- shieldman noun: someone who carries a shield
- shieldmay noun: Synonym of shieldmaiden.
- shieldsman noun: someone who carries a shield
- shieldsmith noun: A maker or worker of shields.
- shieldtail noun: Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native to Sri Lanka and Southern Asia.
- shieldwall noun: Alternative spelling of shield wall.
- shieldwise adverb: In the manner of a shield; as a protective barrier.
- shieldwright noun: One who makes or works with shields.
- shielin noun: Alternative spelling of shieling.
- shieling noun /ˈʃiːlɪŋ/: An area of summer pasture used for cattle, sheep etc.
- shier adjective, noun: Alternative form of shyer, comparative form of shy: more shy.
- shiest adjective: Alternative form of shyest, superlative form of shy: most shy.
- shiester noun: Alternative form of shyster.
- shiesty adjective, noun /ˈʃaɪsti/: Shifty, untrustworthy, unscrupulous.
- shife adjective /ʃaɪf/: Aggressive-looking, tough.
- Shifflett proper noun: A surname.
- Shiffman proper noun: A surname from German.
- Shiffrin proper noun: A surname.
- Shiflett proper noun: A surname.
- Shifnal proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council, east of Telford, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7407).
- Shifrin proper noun: A surname.
- shift noun, verb /ˈʃɪft/: A movement to do something, a beginning.
- shift about verb: To vacillate.
- shift and drift noun: The changes in the influenza virus over time, consisting of gradual antigenic mutations and occasionally more drastic changes when two or more strains combine.
- shift break noun: Synonym of break (“a rest or pause, usually from work”)
- shift dress noun: A loose fitting dress that falls between midthigh and the knee.
- shift gears verb: To change the gear by which motion is transmitted from a powered shaft to another shaft, especially in a motor vehicle.
- shift ground verb: Alternative form of shift one's ground.
- shift in verb: To introduce or activate a new configuration, algorithm, or processing step into a running system or workflow.
- shift key noun: The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
- shift lead noun: the person who leads a shift (at a job)
- shift lever noun: gear lever
- shift lock noun: A lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.
- shift off verb: To delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
- shift one's ground verb: To change one's opinion in a way that contradicts what one has previously held.
- shift one's tides verb: To record the variations of the tide and the positions of the sun and moon using a nautical almanac and sextant to determine the location and phase of the...
- shift out verb: To switch from a primary character set to an alternate (e.g. graphic) character set on a device.
- shift register noun: A register designed to subject data to a shift.
- shift stick noun: manual transmission
- shift the cut verb: To surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.
- shift the deckchairs on the Titanic verb: Synonym of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
- shift the dial verb: To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context.
- shift the goalposts verb: Synonym of move the goalposts.
- shift work noun: Alternative form of shiftwork.
- shift worker noun: Alternative form of shiftworker.
- shifta noun: outlaw, bandit
- shiftability noun: The quality of being shiftable.
- shiftable adjective: That can be shifted.
- shiftage noun: Movement by shifting.
- shifted geometric distribution noun: A discrete probability distribution counting the amount of trials with probability p necessary to obtain one success.
- shiftee noun: One who is relocated or evacuated.
- shifter noun: One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
- shifter cart noun: A type of small personal vehicle used in racing.
- shiftful adjective: Habitually travelling; itinerant.
- shiftfulness noun: The quality of being shiftful.
- shiftily adverb: In a shifty manner.
- shiftin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of shifting.
- shiftiness noun: The property of being shifty.
- shifting noun, verb /ˈʃɪftɪŋ/: A shift or change; a shifting movement.
- shifting baseline syndrome noun: The tendency of each generation to consider the state the environment (or by extension any other thing) was in when they grew up or first examined it to be...
- shifting cultivation noun: An agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned (usually when the soil shows signs of exhaustion, or when overrun...
- shifting executory interest noun: A third party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with the...
- shifting spanner noun: Synonym of adjustable spanner.
- shiftingly adverb: In a shifting manner; changeably.
- shiftingness noun: The quality of being shifting.
- shiftless adjective: Lazy, unmotivated.
- shiftlessly adverb: In a shiftless manner.
- shiftlessness noun: The property of being shiftless.
- shiftlike adjective: Resembling a shift (item of clothing).
- shiftmate noun: One working on the same shift as another.
- shiftogram noun: A graphical representation of the movement of populations
- shiftwork noun: Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
- shiftworker noun: A person employed on shiftwork.
- shiftworking noun: The process of engaging in shiftwork.
- shifty adjective /ˈʃɪfti/: Subject to frequent changes in direction.
- shifty-eyed adjective: Giving the impression of being dishonest, especially signified by avoiding eye contact.
- shifu noun: Synonym of sifu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- shig noun, verb: A shilling.
- Shiga proper noun: A prefecture of Japan. Capital: Ōtsu.
- Shiga toxin noun: Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.
- shigaite noun: A trigonal-rhombohedral mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
- Shigar proper noun: A town, a district, the capital of the Shigar District in the Baltistan Division in the administrative territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
- shigatoxigenic adjective: That produce or release Shiga toxins
- shigatoxin noun: Alternative form of Shiga toxin.
- shigatoxinagenic adjective: shigatoxigenic
- Shigatse proper noun: A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
- Shigeko proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
- shigella noun /ʃɪˈɡɛlə/: A bacterium in the genus Shigella, some kinds of which may cause a form of dysentery called shigellosis.
- shigellosis noun /ˌʃɪɡəˈloʊsɪs/: A form of dysentery caused by intestinal infection with Shigella bacteria
- shigellotic adjective: Relating to shigellosis
- Shigemitsu proper noun: A transliteration of the Japanese surname 重光
- Shigeo proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
- Shigeru proper noun: A male given name from Japanese.
- shiggle verb: To shake, jiggle.
- shiggles noun: Shits and giggles.
- shiggy diggy interjection /ˌʃɪɡiː ˈdɪɡiː/: Expresses disapproval of another's actions, lifestyle, or goals, and the hope that what just been described is not true; synonym of I shiggy diggy or ISHYGDDT.
- shigram noun: In India, a carriage drawn by animals.
- shigrampo noun: Alternative form of shigram.
- Shih proper noun /ˌʌnˈʃiː/: A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin.
- shih-poo noun: Alternative form of shihpoo.
- shih tzu noun /ˈʃɪtzuː/: A small dog breed which originated in China; a dog of that breed.
- shihon-bashira noun: The four pillars that support the tsuriyane over the sumo ring; in modern practice removed for better television coverage.
- shihpoo noun: A dog that is a cross between a Shih Tzu and miniature poodle.
- shii adjective, noun /ʃɪ(ː)/: Pronunciation spelling of shit.
- shii tree noun: A tree, Castanopsis cuspidata, native to southern Japan and southern Korea.
- Shiification noun: Alternative spelling of Shi'ification.
- shiiit interjection: Elongated form of shit.
- shiikuwasha noun: A citrus fruit, native to Taiwan and Okinawa (Citrus reticulata, syn. Citrus depressa)
- Shiism noun: Alternative form of Shi'ism.
- Shiist noun: A practitioner of fundamentalist Shiism.
- Shiistic adjective: Pertaining to Shiism
- shiitake noun /ʃiːˈtɑːkeɪ/: A wide, brown variety of edible mushroom, Lentinula edodes.
- Shiite adjective, noun /ˈʃiːaɪt/: Of or relating to the Shi'a.
- Shiiteness noun: Shi'iness
- Shiitic adjective: Alternative spelling of Shi'itic.
- Shiitisation noun: Alternative spelling of Shiitization.
- Shiitism noun /ˈʃiːaɪˌtɪz(ə)m/: Synonym of Shi'ism.
- Shiitization noun: The process of Shiitizing.
- Shiitize verb: To make or become Shiite
- shijiangshanite noun: A light-red to red mineral with the chemical formula Pb3CaAl(Si5O14)(OH)3 · 3H2O.
- Shijiazhuang proper noun /ˌʃiːd͡ʒjɑːˈd͡ʒwɑŋ/: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hebei, in northeastern China.
- shijo noun: Alternative form of sijo.
- shikakai noun: Synonym of soap acacia.
- shikar noun, verb /ʃɪˈkɑː/: Hunting, sport; a hunting expedition.
- shikara noun: A type of small wooden boat
- shikaree noun: Dated form of shikari.
- shikargah noun: A hunting-ground, or enclosed preserve.
- shikari noun /ʃɪˈkɑːɹiː/: A hunter or tracker, especially in the Indian subcontinent.
- shikarree noun: Dated form of shikari.
- shikarri noun: Dated form of shikari.
- shikha noun: The long lock of hair left on the shaved head of an orthodox Hindu, especially a Brahmin or temple priest.
- Shikhar proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
- shikhara noun: A spire or pyramid-shaped tower forming part of a Hindu temple.
- shikho noun, verb: A kneeling posture with joined hands and bowed head, used in Burma to show respect to a superior.
- shikigami noun: A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.
- shikii noun: The lower rail on which a Japanese room divider runs.
- shikimate noun: The anionic form of shikimic acid.
- shikimi noun: The tree Illicium anisatum.
- shikimic adjective: Of or pertaining to shikimic acid or its derivatives.
- shikimic acid noun: A naturally occurring organic compound, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, extracted commercially from star anise; it is the base of very...
- shikiri noun: the preparation time before a sumo bout during which the rikishi try to gain a psychological advantage by intense staring (niramiai) and when salt is...
- shikiri-sen noun: The two enamel lines, embedded in the dohyo, behind which the rikishi crouch in preparation for the tachiai.
- shikishi noun: A small card or paper board for drawing sketches, writing poetry, autographs, etc. on, often having a square shape and gilded border.
- shikkaree noun: Alternative spelling of shikari.
- shikken noun: A member of the Hōjō clan who served as regent of the shogunate, from 1199 to 1333, during the Kamakura period.
- shikker noun: Alternative form of shicker.
- shikkered adjective: Alternative form of shickered.
- shiko noun: One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high in the air to the side, then brings it down with a stamp. It is also performed on...
- shikoccidin noun: A diterpene found in Rabdosia shikokiana.
- shikodonin noun: An organic compound found in the plant Isodon shikokianus.
- shikokianidin noun: An organic compound found in the plant Isodon shikokianus.
- shikokianin noun: An organic compound found in the plant Isodon shikokianus.
- shikoku noun /ʃɪˈkəʊkuː/: A dog of a particular breed of Japanese origin.
- shikona noun: The wrestling name of a rikishi, normally derived from his heya, place of birth etc.
- shikonin noun: Synonym of alkannin.
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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.