English words: shroff to shunyata

300 English words, part 88 of 245 of the words starting with S, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words shroff to shunyata

shroff noun, verb /ʃɹɒf/: A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.
shroffage noun /ˈʃɹɒfɪd͡ʒ/: The commission paid to a shroff for examining coins for quality.
shrog noun: Alternative spelling of scrog.
shroom noun, verb /ʃɹuːm/: A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus.
shroomer noun: A person who gathers wild mushrooms.
shroomhead noun: One who takes magic mushrooms.
shrooms noun, verb: plural of shroom
shroomy adjective: Resembling or tasting of mushrooms; mushroomy.
shropsavine noun: Alternative form of sops of wine (“a kind of apple”).
Shropshire noun /ˈʃɹɒp.ʃə(ɹ)/: One of an English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger.
Shropshire Blue noun: A kind of blue cheese made from cow's milk and coloured with annatto.
shroud noun, verb /ˈʃɹaʊ̯d/: That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
shroud knot noun: a type of bend knot used to join the ends of laid ropes, by separating the strands and knotting them together individually. Commonly used to join a snapped...
shroud-laid adjective: Composed of four strands, twisted clockwise around a central core that provides additional strength.
shrouded adjective, verb: Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
shrouded gear noun: A cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
shrouder noun: Agent noun of shroud: one who shrouds or conceals things.
shroudie noun /ˈʃɹaʊdi/: Someone who believes in the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin.
shrouding noun, verb: A shroud (annular plate at the periphery of a water wheel, forming side of bucket).
shroudless adjective: Without a shroud.
shroudlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
shroudy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shroud.
Shrout proper noun: A surname.
shrove verb /ʃɹəʊv/: To join in the festivities of Shrovetide.
Shrove-cake noun: A pancake made for Shrovetide.
Shrove Monday noun: The day immediately before Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Sunday noun: The Sunday preceding Lent.
Shrove-tide noun: Alternative form of Shrovetide.
Shrove Tuesday noun: The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
Shrovetide noun: The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Shrovetide football noun: Synonym of folk football.
shroving noun: The festivity of Shrovetide.
shrow verb /ʃɹaʊ/: To hide or cover; to shroud.
Shroyer proper noun: A surname.
shrthnd noun: Abbreviation of shorthand.
shrub noun, verb /ˈʃɹʌb/: A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
shrub celery noun: The crisp, thick leafstalk of the celery plant; used as a vegetable, or eaten raw.
shrub frog noun: A frog of the family Rhacophoridae.
shrub line noun: The equivalent of a tree line for shrubs.
shrub out verb: To remove shrubbery and undergrowth from an area.
shrub ox noun: Euceratherium, an extinct bovid related to the muskox
shrub trimmer noun: Synonym of hedge trimmer.
shrub up verb: To enhance a building's attractiveness using landscaping; to hide a building's flaws using landscaping; to beautify a structure or design.
shrubbed adjective: Having shrubs.
shrubberied adjective: Having a shrubbery.
shrubbery noun /ˈʃɹʌbəɹi/: A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
shrubbiness noun: The quality of being shrubby.
shrubbish adjective: Synonym of shrubby.
shrubby adjective /ˈʃɹʌbi/: Of or resembling a shrub.
shrubby boneset noun: Ageratina havanensis
shrubby false buttonweed noun: Spermacoce verticillata (tribe Spermacoceae), of the tropical and subtropical New World.
shrubby gromwell noun: Synonym of creeping gromwell.
shrubby horsetail noun: Any member of the species Ephedra foliata of gymnosperms native to North Africa and Southwest Asia.
shrubby St. John's wort noun: a plant, Hypericum androsaemum
shrubby tororaro noun: A shrub of species Muehlenbeckia astonii, endemic to New Zealand.
shrubful noun: An amount held in a shrub.
shrubification noun: The proliferation of shrubs in a landscape formerly dominated by plants such as grasses and mosses, especially seen in the tundra as a result of global warming.
shrubland noun: Land that is covered mostly with shrubs.
shrubless adjective: Without shrubs.
shrublet noun: A little shrub.
shrublike adjective: Resembling a shrub.
shrubline noun: Alternative form of shrub line.
shrubling noun: A small shrub; a shrublet.
Shrubsole proper noun: A surname from Old English.
shrubsteppe noun: A kind of natural grassland with low rainfall, less dry than a desert and capable of supporting perennial grasses and shrubs.
shrubwood noun: A wood (woodland) that is mostly composed of shrubs.
shruff noun: Rubbish, especially the dross or refuse of metals.
shrug noun, verb /ˈʃɹʌɡ/: A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.
shrug off verb: To ignore or disregard; to be indifferent to.
shrugger noun: One who shrugs.
shruggie noun: A kaomoji denoting a shrug; particularly ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
shrugging noun, verb /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/: The act of one who shrugs.
shruggingly adverb: With a shrugging gesture.
shruggy adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a shrug (gesture).
Shrum proper noun: A surname.
shrump noun, verb: To shrink, shrivel.
shrund noun: Ellipsis of bergshrund.
shrunk adjective, verb /ˈʃɹʌŋk/: shrunken
shrunken adjective, verb /ˈʃɹʌŋkən/: Reduced in size as a result of shrinkage; shrivelled.
shrunkenly adverb: In a shrunken manner.
shrunkenness noun: The state or condition of being shrunken.
shruti noun: The smallest interval of pitch that can be detected or produced.
shruti box noun: A musical instrument resembling a harmonium, used to provide a droning accompaniment in Indian classical music.
Shryock proper noun: A surname.
SHS noun: Initialism of second-hand smoke.
sHSP noun: Initialism of small heat shock protein.
shtadlan noun: An intercessor for a local European Jewish community on behalf of the authorities.
shtadlanut noun: The work of a shtadlan; intercession on behalf of a local European Jewish community.
shtam verb /ʃtäm/: to stem, to originate, to come from
shtatol noun: A wax candle in a wooden holder, used in Erzya rituals.
shtayger noun: A scale in Ashkenazi liturgical music.
shtchee noun: Alternative form of shchi.
shtchi noun: Alternative spelling of shchi.
shtetel noun: Alternative form of shtetl.
shtetl noun /ˈʃtɛt(ə)l/: A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
shtetle noun: Alternative form of shtetl.
Shteyngart proper noun: A surname from Russian.
Shteyngartian adjective: Relating or characteristic of the works of Soviet-born American writer Gary Shteyngart.
SHTF phrase: Initialism of (when the) shit hits the fan: used among survivalists to refer to an apocalyptic event.
shtg noun: Abbreviation of shooting.
shthg. noun: Abbreviation of sheathing.
shtick noun /ʃtɪk/: A generally humorous routine.
shtickle noun: Alternative form of schtickle.
shticky adjective: Having a pronounced shtick; gimmicky.
shtiebel noun /ʃtiːbəl/: A small, informal synagogue or shul.
shtik noun: Alternative spelling of shtick.
shtikel noun: Alternative form of schtickle.
shtikl noun: Alternative form of schtickle.
shtikle noun: Alternative form of schtickle.
shtinker noun: collaborator; traitor; informer
SHTML noun: Initialism of server-parsed HTML.
shtof noun: An old Russian liquid measure, equal to 1.23 litres.
shtoff noun: Alternative form of shtof.
Shtokavian adjective: Alternative spelling of Stokavian.
shtook noun: Alternative form of shtuck.
shtoom adjective: Alternative form of shtum.
shtrafbat noun: A Soviet penal battalion that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.
shtreimel noun: A fur hat, usually worn by some married Haredi Jewish men on Shabbat and during Jewish holidays and other festive occasions.
shtrudel noun: Alternative form of strudel (“pastry”).
shtshav noun: Alternative form of schav.
shtuck noun: Trouble.
shtuka noun: A specific generalization of a Drinfel'd module.
shtum adjective /ʃtʊm/: Silent; speechless; dumb.
shtumm adjective: Alternative form of shtum.
Shtundism noun: Alternative form of Stundism.
Shtundist noun: Alternative form of Stundist.
shtup verb /ʃtʌp/: push
shtupid adjective: Pronunciation spelling of stupid.
shtus noun: nonsense, stupidity
SHU noun, verb /ʃuː/: Pronunciation spelling of shut.
shu-ha-ri noun: Alternative form of shuhari.
shuah interjection: Pronunciation spelling of sure.
Shuaib proper noun: A prophet of Islam who prophesied to the Midianites, sometimes identified with the Biblical Jethro.
shuangfengite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral black mineral containing iridium and tellurium.
Shuar noun: A member of an indigenous people of Ecuador, one of the Jivaroan peoples.
Shub proper noun: A surname.
shubat noun: Kazakh drink
Shubert proper noun: A surname.
Shubh proper noun: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Shubha proper noun: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Shubham proper noun: A male given name of Indian usage.
Shubin proper noun: A surname.
Shubnikov-de Haas effect noun: An oscillation in the conductivity of a material that occurs at low temperatures in the presence of very intense magnetic fields.
Shubnikov-de Haas oscillation noun: Synonym of Shubnikov-de Haas effect.
shubnikovite noun: An orthorhombic light blue mineral containing arsenic, calcium, chlorine, copper, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Shubrick proper noun: A surname.
shubunkin noun /ʃuːˈbʊŋkɪn/: A Japanese variety of goldfish
shuck noun, verb /ʃʌk/: The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
shuck beans noun: Alternative form of shucky beans
shuck down verb: To pull down forcefully.
shuck off verb: To remove one's clothes.
shuck pen noun: A storage shed for corn shucks.
shucked adjective, verb /ʃʌkt/: having been shucked
shucker noun: Someone who shucks oysters, clams, corn (maize), walnuts, etc.
shuckery noun: The art of shucking corn.
shucking noun, verb: The act or process of shucking maize.
shucking knife noun: A type of knife designed for shucking oysters, with a short, sturdy double-edged blade.
shuckish adjective: Causing one to shiver, cold
shuckle verb: To sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.
shucks interjection, noun, verb /ʃʌks/: Exclamatory response to a minor disappointment.
shucky adjective, interjection: Only used in shucky ducky and shucky beans
shucky beans noun: Green beans which have been dried on a string.
shucky ducky interjection: Phrase indicating disappointment or excitement.
shud noun: A shed.
shudda contraction: Contraction of should + have.
shuddap verb: Pronunciation spelling of shut up.
shudder noun, verb /ˈʃʌdə/: To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
shudder quote noun: Synonym of scare quote.
shudderful adjective: Causing shudders, as of fear or loathing.
shudderiness noun: The quality of being shuddery.
shuddering noun, verb: An extended or continuous shudder.
shudderingly adverb: With a shuddering motion.
shuddersome adjective /ˈʃʌdəɹsəm/: Causing one to shudder; fearsome.
shuddery adjective: Characterized by shuddering motions.
shuddup verb: Pronunciation spelling of shut up.
shude noun: Alternative spelling of shood
shudo noun: pederasty in Japan
shudra noun /ʃuːdɹə/: A member of the Hindu varna (caste) of workers.
Shue proper noun: A surname.
Shuen paper noun: Alternative form of Xuan paper.
Shuey proper noun: A surname.
Shuff proper noun: A surname.
shufflable adjective: Alternative form of shuffleable.
shuffle noun, verb /ˈʃʌfəl/: The act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
shuffle algebra noun: A Hopf algebra with a basis corresponding to words on some set, whose product is given by the shuffle product X ⧢ Y of two words X, Y: the sum of all ways...
shuffle off verb: To thrust aside; to put off.
shuffle off this mortal coil verb: To die; to divest oneself of one's mortal body.
shuffle product noun: The sum of all ways of interlacing of words on some set in Hopf algebra.
shuffle steer verb: To steer a vehicle controlled by a steering wheel in a manner that transfers grip from one hand to the other as the wheel is turned. Contrasted with...
shuffle the cards verb: To reorganize or restructure an organization or situation.
shuffle the chairs on the deck of the Titanic verb: Synonym of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
shuffle the deckchairs on the Titanic verb: Synonym of rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic.
shuffleability noun: The ease or capability of something being shuffled.
shuffleable adjective: Capable of being shuffled.
shuffleboard noun: A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target.
shuffleboard puck noun: Synonym of shufflepuck.
shuffleboard table noun: A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over...
shuffleboarder noun: A shuffleboard player.
shufflecap noun: A type of game where money is shaken inside a hat or a cap as a stake.
shuffled adjective, verb: Jumbled together.
shufflepuck noun: The game of shuffleboard.
shuffler noun /ˈʃʌflə/: A person who shuffles.
shufflewing noun: The dunnock.
shuffling adjective, noun, verb /ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/: The act or motion of one who shuffles.
shufflingly adverb: In a shuffling manner.
shufflon noun: A plasmid that "shuffles" recombination sites on DNA segments
shuffly adjective: Moving with a shuffling motion.
Shuford proper noun: A surname.
shufti noun /ˈʃʊf.ti/: A brief glance.
shufti kite noun: A reconnaissance aircraft.
shuftie noun: Alternative spelling of shufti.
shuftiscope noun: An invasive medical instrument used to test a patient for dysentery.
shufty noun: Alternative spelling of shufti.
Shufu proper noun: A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
shug noun, verb /ʃʌɡ/: To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
Shugart proper noun: A surname from German.
Shugborough proper noun: A large National Trust estate in Colwich parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9922). The West Coast Main Line, with Shugborough...
shugenja noun: A practitioner of Shugendō.
shugga noun: Pronunciation spelling of sugar.
shuggle verb: Alternative form of shoogle.
Shughart proper noun: A surname.
Shughnani adjective, noun: Alternative form of Shughni.
Shughni adjective, noun: A member of a particular one of the Pamiri peoples.
Shugnan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Shughni.
Shugnani adjective, noun: Alternative form of Shughni.
Shugni adjective, noun: Alternative form of Shughni.
shugoshin noun: Any of a family of proteins that play a role in the centromeric protection of cohesin
shuhari noun: A Japanese martial art concept which describes the stages of learning to mastery.
shui jiao noun: A Chinese boiled dumpling.
Shui Xian noun: A popular, high grade Chinese oolong tea from the Wuyi Mountains
shuiskite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic dark brown mineral containing aluminum, calcium, chromium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
shuk noun: An Israeli street market.
shuka noun: A sash (decorative length of cloth) worn in parts of Africa.
Shukla proper noun: A surname.
Shukra proper noun /ˈʃuːkɹə/: The son of Bhrigu, and preceptor of the Daityas, and the guru of the Asuras.
Shukria noun: A large Arab clan living in eastern Sudan.
shukto noun: A bitter Bengali dish of chopped vegetables.
shukumei noun: Fate, destiny.
shukun-sho noun: A special prize for outstanding performance; one of the sansho prizes.
shul noun /ʃʊl/: An Ashkenazi synagogue.
shul-goer noun: Alternative form of shulgoer.
Shula proper noun: A diminutive of the female given name Shulamith, from Hebrew.
Shulamit proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Shulamith, masculine equivalent Shlomo, equivalent to English Salome.
Shulamith proper noun: A female given name from Hebrew, masculine equivalent Shlomo, equivalent to English Salome.
shulamitite noun: A barium copper silicate mineral with the formula Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈.
shuldari noun: Alternative form of shooldarry.
shule noun: Alternative form of shul (“Ashkenazic synagogue”).
Shulgin proper noun /ˈʃʌlɡɪn/: A surname from Russian.
shulgoer noun /ˈʃuːlˌɡəʊə/: One who attends shul (“a synagogue”); a practising Jew.
Shuli proper noun: A female nickname.
Shulkin proper noun: A surname from Yiddish.
Shull proper noun: A surname.
Shulman proper noun: A surname.
Shults proper noun: A surname from German.
Shultz proper noun: A surname.
shulwar noun: Alternative form of shalwar.
shulwaur noun: Alternative form of shalwar.
Shum proper noun: A surname.
shumac noun, verb: Dated spelling of sumac.
shumacking noun, verb: Alternative spelling of shumacing.
shumai noun: A traditional steamed Chinese pork dumpling served in dim sum.
Shumaker proper noun: A surname.
Shuman proper noun: A surname.
Shumard oak noun: Any member of the species Quercus shumardii, native to much of southeastern and east south central United States.
shumardiid noun: Any member of the Shumardiidae family of trilobites
shumarditid noun: Any member of the †Shumarditidae, extinct shelled cephalopods.
Shumate proper noun: A surname from French.
Shumen proper noun: A town and oblast in northeastern Bulgaria.
shumla noun: Alternative form of shamla (“Indian girdle”).
shummick verb: To shuffle or drag the feet.
shumokuzori noun: A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm and lifts him up and takes him over backwards.
Shumpert proper noun: A surname.
Shumway proper noun: A surname.
shun interjection, verb /ʃʌn/: To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
Shunamite adjective, noun: An inhabitant of the Biblical village of Shunem.
shunamitism noun: The ancient practice of an old man sleeping with, but not necessarily having sex with, a young virgin to preserve his youth.
shunammite noun: Alternative form of Shunamite
Shunammitism noun: Alternative spelling of shunamitism
Shunde proper noun: A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China.
shunga adjective, noun /ˈʃʊŋə/: A style of Japanese erotic art
shungite noun: A black, lustrous, non-crystalline mineraloid consisting mostly of carbon, used as a pigment in art and an antibacterial water treatment.
shungitic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral shungite.
shunk verb /ʃʌŋk/: To impact and penetrate something with a heavy sound, like a blade hitting wood.
shunless adjective /ˈʃʌnləs/: That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.
shunnable adjective: Fit for, or capable, deserving, or worthy of, being shunned.
shunner noun: One who shuns (a thing).
shunning noun, verb /ˈʃʌnɪŋ/: The act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
shunpike noun, verb: A side road or route.
shunpiker noun: One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
shunt noun, verb /ʃʌnt/: To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
shuntable adjective: Capable of being shunted.
shunted adjective, verb: fitted with an electrical shunt
shunter noun: A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
shunting noun, verb: The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
shunting engine noun: A locomotive that carries out shunting duties.
shunting neck noun: A length of dead-end track, e.g. alongside a main line, used for the purpose of allowing a train to shunt back into a siding or rail yard without the need...
shunting signal noun: A railway signal that controls low-speed operations during shunting.
shunto noun /ˈʃʊn.toʊ/: The annual wage negotiations, between employers and Japanese labor unions aiming to increase wages, occurring in spring.
shunworthy adjective: Worthy of shunning or of being shunned; reproachable; avoidable.
shunyata noun: Alternative spelling of sunyata.

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.