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Shinpadnouna stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shinsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shinplasternounpaper money of little value issued on insufficient securityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shiny LyonianounMWEshowy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship BiscuitnounMWEvery hard unsalted biscuit or breadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship BrokernounMWEan agent for the ship ownerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship CanalnounMWEa canal large enough for seagoing vesselsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship ChandlernounMWEa dealer in equipment and supplies for shipsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship MoneynounMWEan impost levied in England to provide money for ships for national defenseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship of the LinenounMWEa warship intended for combatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship RoutenounMWEa lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vesselsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship-Breakernouna contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrapverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship-Towed Long-Range Acoustic Detection SystemnounMWEa shipboard system consisting of an acoustic detection system that is towed behind the shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's BellnounMWE(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bellverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's BoatnounMWEa boat for communication between ship and shoreverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's CompanynounMWEcrew of a ship including the officersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's GalleynounMWEthe area for food preparation on a shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's OfficernounMWEa person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vesselverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ship's PapersnounMWEofficial papers which a ship is legally required to haveverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipboard DutynounMWEnaval service aboard a ship at seaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipboard SoldiernounMWEa member of the United States Marine CorpsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipboard SystemnounMWEa system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipbuildernouna carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vesselsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipbuildingnounthe construction of shipsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipbuilding IndustrynounMWEan industry that builds shipsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shiploadnounthe amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight carverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipmatenounan associate on the same ship with youverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipmentnounthe act of sending off somethingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipownernounsomeone who owns a ship or a share in a shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shippernouna company in the business of shipping freightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shippingnounconveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping AgentnounMWEthe agent of a shipownerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping ArticlesnounMWEa contract between crew and captain of a shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping ClerknounMWEan employee who ships and receives goodsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping CompanynounMWEa company that provides shipping servicesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping FevernounMWEa deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping OfficenounMWEthe office of a shipping agentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping PneumonianounMWEa deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheepverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipping RoomnounMWEa room where goods are packaged and shippedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipsidenounthe part of a wharf that is next to a shipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipwaynounstructure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repairedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipwormnounwormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shellsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipwreck SurvivornounMWEa shipwrecked personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipwrightnouna carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vesselsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shipyardnouna workplace where ships are built or repairedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirenouna former administrative district of EnglandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shire HorsenounMWEBritish breed of large heavy draft horseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shire TownnounMWEthe town or city that is the seat of government for a shireverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirkernouna person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirkingnounthe evasion of work or dutyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirred EggnounMWEegg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekinverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirringnounbaking shelled eggsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirt ButtonnounMWEa button on a shirtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtdressnouna dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the frontverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtfrontnouna man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the front of a shirtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtingnounany of various fabrics used to make men's shirtsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtlifternouna homosexual manverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtmakernouna maker of shirtsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtsleevenounthe sleeve of a shirtverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirttailnouna brief addendum at the end of a newspaper articleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtwaistnouna blouse with buttons down the frontverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shirtwaisternouna blouse with buttons down the frontverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shish KebabnounMWEcubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetablesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shishanounan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shitheadnouna stupid personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shitlistnouna list of people who are out of favorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shittahnounsource of a wood mentioned frequently in the BibleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shittah TreenounMWEsource of a wood mentioned frequently in the BibleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shitternouna person who defecatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shittimnounshrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shittimwoodnounshrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruitverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shittingnounthe elimination of fecal waste through the anusverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shitworknountrivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable choresverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shivnouna knife used as a weaponverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shivanounin Judaism, a period of seven days of mourning after the death of a close relativeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shivahnoun(Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relativeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shivareenouna noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married coupleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shlemielnoun(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bunglerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shleppernoun(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid personverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shlimazelnoun(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everythingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shlocknounmerchandise that is shoddy or inferiorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shlockmeisternoun(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandiseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shmaltznoun(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or musicverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shmearnoun(Yiddish) a batch of things that go togetherverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shmegeggenoun(Yiddish) baloneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shmonoun(Yiddish) a jerkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shmucknoun(Yiddish) a jerkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shnooknoun(Yiddish) a gullible simpleton more to be pitied than despisedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shnorrernoun(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of othersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoatnouna young pigverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shock AbsorbernounMWEa mechanical damperverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shock TherapynounMWEtreatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shock TreatmentnounMWEtreatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shock TroopsnounMWEsoldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assaultverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shock WavenounMWEa region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shockernouna sensational message (in a film or play or novel)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoddinessnounthe property of weakness by virtue of careless constructionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoe BombnounMWEan explosive device concealed inside the heel and sole of a shoeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoe CollarnounMWEthe stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or bootverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoe IndustrynounMWEan industry that manufactures and sells shoesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Shoe LeathernounMWEleather used to make shoesverifiedMay 18, 2026