A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

shingle capnoun

A woman's tight-fitting cloth hat popular in the early twentieth century.

shinglebacknoun

A species of blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua rugosa, with a short, wide, stumpy tail that resembles its head and may serve the purpose of confusing predators.

Shingledeckername

A surname from German.

shinglernoun

A person who installs shingles.

shinglesnoun

Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

shinglewiseadv

Laid out in an overlapping arrangement like shingles.

shinglyadj

Covered with shingle or small pebbles.

Shingonname

A major school of esoteric Buddhism in Japan.

shinguardnoun

A piece of apparel to protect the front of the lower leg (the shin), usually worn when playing sports.

Shinholstername

A surname from German.

shini-tainoun

A rikishi who is crushed by his opponent when both fall simultaneously.

shinigaminoun

A deity and/or personification of death.

shinilyadv

In a shiny manner.

shininessnoun

The visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine.

shiningadj

Emitting light.

shining onesnoun

Angels or other celestial beings.

shining, shimmering, splendidphrase

Something that is extraordinary, captivating or spectacular.

shininglyadv

In a shining manner; brilliantly.

shiningnessnoun

The quality of shining; brightness.

Shiniquaname

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.

shinisauridnoun

Any lizard in the family Shinisauridae.

shinjitainoun

The simplified form of Japanese kanji used after 1947.

shinjunoun

The binding of the female breasts.

Shinjukuname

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by the (clockwise from north) Toshima, Bunkyō, Chiyoda, Minato, Shibuya, and Nakano special wards; it is also the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office.

shinkverb

To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink.

shinkansennoun

A Japanese high-speed railway line.

shinkeishitsunoun

A Japanese culture-bound anxiety disorder.

Shinkin-ap-Morgannoun

A nickname for a Welshman.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 350. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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