A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence.

Shafiqname

A surname from Arabic.

Shafranname

A surname from Yiddish.

shafranovskitenoun

A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium.

shaftnoun

The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

shaft bownoun

Part of a horse harness, an arch from shaft to shaft over the horse's shoulders.

shaftedadj

Fitted with a shaft.

shafternoun

One who or that which shafts.

Shaftesburianadj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines.

Shaftesburyname

A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623).

Shaftesburyanadj

Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury.

shafthousenoun

A structure (enclosed or otherwise) for the hoisting equipment and landing platform at the top of a mineshaft.

shaftienoun

Alternative form of shafty.

shaftingnoun

Shafts collectively.

shaftlessadj

Without a shaft.

shaftlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.

shaftmannoun

A man who sinks a mineshaft.

shaftmentnoun

An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.)

Shaftoename

A surname from Old English.

shaftsmannoun

Alternative form of shaftman.

shaftwaynoun

The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels.

shaftworknoun

shafts, collectively

shaftyadj

Having long and dense fibres.

shagnoun

Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.

shag bandnoun

Synonym of sex bracelet.

shag banditnoun

A man who has many sexual partners, especially while cheating on his spouse.

shag-boynoun

A ghost or goblin.

shag-ragnoun

The unkempt and/or ragged members of the community.

shagadelicadj

Sexy, in an outrageously retro manner.

shagaholicnoun

A person who is addicted to sex.

shagainoun

An ankle bone of a sheep or goat used in traditional Mongolian games and divination practices as a die.

Shagalufname

The Majorcan resort town of Magaluf.

shaganappinoun

A rawhide strap, e.g. as used to hold together Red River carts.

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