English Words: S

54,294 words · Page 352 of 1086

ship of the line lieutenantnoun

Most senior junior officer used in the navies of some Romance-speaking or European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant.

ship of the line of battlenoun

A liner, battleship, ship-of-the-line, line of battle ship.

ship outverb

To depart, especially for a sea voyage or military assignment.

ship oververb

To reenlist.

ship tracksnoun

Long, narrow, white clouds formed when the exhaust from ships interacts with atmospheric water vapor.

ship warnoun

An intense and sometimes hostile disagreement between shippers of rival ships in a fandom.

ship's biscuitnoun

hardtack

ship's companynoun

The entire crew of a ship, including the officers

ship's cousinnoun

an esteemed or preferred passenger aboard ship.

ship's daysnoun

The days allowed for a vessel to load or unload.

ship's wheelnoun

A device used aboard a water vessel to steer that vessel and control its course.

ship-breakernoun

Alternative spelling of shipbreaker.

ship-jumpernoun

One who jumps ship.

ship-riggedadj

full-rigged

ship-shapeadj

Archaic spelling of shipshape.

ship-to-shipadj

fired from a ship at another ship

Shipageddonname

Shipping delays caused by a large influx of online orders in the United States in the year 2020.

Shipauloviname

A village in Second Mesa, Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

shipboardadj

Occurring or existing on board a ship.

shipborneadj

Carried by ship

shipboundadj

in a ship; especially, being bound there, unable to leave.

shipboynoun

Synonym of cabin boy (“attendant on a ship”).

shipbreakernoun

One who works in shipbreaking.

shipbreakingnoun

The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling.

shipbrokenadj

Synonym of shipwrecked.

shipbrokernoun

An intermediary who negotiates between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping

shipbrokingnoun

The work of a shipbroker, negotiating between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping.

shipbuildernoun

A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.

shipbuildingnoun

The construction of ships.

shipcarvernoun

Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on

shipcarvingnoun

The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads.

shipcraftnoun

The art or skill of navigating a ship.

Shipesname

A surname.

shipficnoun

Fan fiction revolving around or dedicated to shipping.

shipfitternoun

A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship.

shipfittingnoun

The work of a shipfitter, fabricating and assembling the structural parts of a ship.

shipfulnoun

As much as a ship will hold.

shipfyrdnoun

An Anglo-Saxon naval force or militia; naval fleet; navy.

shipgirlnoun

A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real-life warship.

Shiphamname

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.

shiphandlernoun

A person maneuvering a ship.

shiphandlingnoun

The art or work of maneuvering a ship.

shipholdernoun

The owner of a ship.

shipholdingadj

owning a ship or ships

Shipiboname

A Panoan language spoken in Peru and Brazil.

Shipingname

A county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.

shipkeepernoun

A caretaker of a ship when its crew is away.

shipkeepingnoun

The work of a shipkeeper, taking care of a ship when its crew is away.

shipkillernoun

A vessel or missile capable of destroying ships.

shiplapnoun

A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped, commonly used for the exterior siding of buildings.

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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 352. 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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