shoetreenounA foot-shaped device placed in a shoe to maintain its shape when not being worn.
shoewearnounshoe (as a category of clothing)
shofarnounA ram’s-horn trumpet, used for Jewish ritual purposes.
shofficenounA small building, located in a garden, serving as a home workspace.
shognounjolt, shake (brisk movement)
shogaolnounA pungent constituent of ginger, similar in chemical structure to gingerol.
shoggleverbAlternative form of shoogle (“shake, rock rapidly”).
shoggothnounA monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft.
shoginounJapanese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Japan.
shogunnounThe supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
shogunaladjOf or pertaining to a shogun.
shogunatenounThe office or dignity of a shogun.
ShoheinameA male given name from Japanese.
ShoigunameA surname from Tuvan
shojinounA door or partition consisting of a wooden frame covered in rice paper, used in traditional Japanese architecture.
shojonounA style of anime and manga intended for young women.
shokenounA hobby, a favourite pursuit or whim.
shokkirinounA comical display of fouls etc performed by deshi during tours.
ShokotnameA transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Шокот (Šokot).
shokuninnounA Japanese artisan or craftsman.
sholanounA wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam, having a milky-white, spongy pith used for the manufacture of pith helmets and decorative artifacts.
ShollynameA surname from German.
sholyadvPronunciation spelling of surely, representing African-American Vernacular English.
ShomanameA male given name from Japanese.
shomernounA male who watches over the body of a deceased person in the ritual of shemira.
shomyonounA type of Buddhist liturgical chant.
ShonanameA language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
shondanounAlternative form of shanda.
shoneverbsimple past and past participle of shine
shoneennounAn Irish person considered excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of English society.
shonennounA style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.
ShongopovinameA village and census-designated place in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
ShongphoognameA gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan.
ShongumnounAn unincorporated community in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
ShoninameDiminutive of Shaughnessy Village.
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 366. 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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