A setting in many professional-grade and advanced-amateur-grade cameras which allows a photographer to manually set the shutter speed of an exposure while the camera then automatically selects the correct aperture setting for that exposure.

shutter shadesnoun

A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.

shutter speednoun

The duration of time for which the shutter of a camera remains open when exposing photographic film or other photosensitive material to light for the purpose of recording an image.

shutterbugnoun

A person who makes a hobby of photography.

shutterernoun

A worker who constructs shuttering/formwork.

shutteringnoun

The act of closing something with shutters.

shutterlessadj

Without a shutter.

shutterlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shutter.

shutterspeednoun

Alternative form of shutter speed.

shutterwiseadv

In an arrangement resembling window shutters.

shuttestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of shut

shuttethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shut

shuttingverb

present participle and gerund of shut

shuttlenoun

A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.

shuttle diplomacynoun

Use of a neutral third party to negotiate peace between two groups of people that refuse to directly talk with each other.

shuttlebaynoun

A part of a starship in which space shuttles are kept.

shuttlecocknoun

A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.

shuttlecock diplomacynoun

Alternative form of shuttle diplomacy.

shuttlecraftnoun

A relatively small spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transport.

shuttlelessadj

Without a shuttle.

shuttlelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a shuttle.

shuttleportnoun

A spaceport from which shuttles depart.

shuttlernoun

A badminton player.

Shuttlesworthname

A surname.

shuttlewiseadv

Back and forth, like a shuttle.

Shuttleworthname

A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD805175).

shuttlingnoun

The act by which something is shuttled.

shuttyintj

Shut up.

shutty uppyintj

Shut up.

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