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SheldrakenounOld World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red billverified
Shelf FungusnounMWEa woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structuresverified
ShellnounA Unix term for the interactive user interface with an operating system. The shell is the layer of programming that understands and executes the commands a user enters. In some systems, the shell is called a command interpreter. A shell usually implies an interface with a command syntax (think of the DOS operating system and its "C:" prompts and user commands such as "dir" and "edit").System
Shell GingernounMWEcultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripesverified
Shell ParakeetnounMWEsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colorsverified
Shell PlatingnounMWEthe plates covering the frame of a steel ship and corresponding to the planking of a wooden shipverified
Shellbark HickorynounMWENorth American hickory having loose grey shaggy bark and edible nutsverified
Shellfishnounmeat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)verified
Shellflowernounshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purpleverified
Shellingnounthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific targetverified
Shelter DecknounMWEupper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck belowverified
Shelterbeltnounhedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosionverified
Shepherd DognounMWEany of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheepverified
Sherbertnouna frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatinverified
Sherbetnouna frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatinverified
Sheriff's SalenounMWEa sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligationverified
Sherrynoundry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhereverified
Shiatsunountreatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the bodyverified
Shibbolethnouna manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people, often used as a test to ensure or check someone's membership in the group; biblically, used by the Israelites to identify and kill non-Isrealitesverified
Shield FernnounMWEany of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the soriverified
Shielded EnclosurenounMWERoom or container designed to attenuate electromagnetic radiation, acoustic signals, or emanations.PhysicalRegulatedCUI
Shieldingnounshield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interferenceverified
Shift KeynounMWEthe key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case lettersverified
Shift RegisternounMWE(computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the rightverified
Shiitakenounedible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipeverified
Shiitake MushroomnounMWEedible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipeverified
Shin GuardnounMWEa stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shinsverified
Shinbonenounthe inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankleverified
Shinernounany of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropisverified
Shingle OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurelverified
Shingle TreenounMWEEast Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxesverified
Shining SumacnounMWEcommon nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berriesverified
ShinleafnounNorth American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplastersverified
Shinneynouna simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puckverified