5-letter words containing s, h, a
- shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
- shale — a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- shall — used to make a suggestion
- shalt — 2nd person singular of shall.
- shaly — of, like, or containing shale
- shama — a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.
- shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- shamo — a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).
- shand — a counterfeit coin
- shane — a male given name.
- shang — a Chinese dynasty whose dates are usually given as 1766–1122 b.c. and sometimes as 1523–1027 b.c.
- shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- shara — Sharra.
- shard — a fragment, especially of broken earthenware.
- share — a plowshare.
- shari — Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- shark — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shaul — a wooden scoop made for winnowing corn
- shaun — a male given name, form of John.
- shave — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- shawl — a square, triangular, or oblong piece of wool or other material worn, especially by women, about the shoulders, or the head and shoulders, in place of a coat or hat outdoors, and indoors as protection against chill or dampness.
- shawm — an early musical woodwind instrument with a double reed: the forerunner of the modern oboe.
- shawn — Ted (Edwin M) 1891–1972, U.S. dancer and choreographer (husband of Ruth St. Denis).
- shaya — a low-growing Indian plant from which is derived a colourfast red fabric dye
- shays — a chaise.
- sheaf — one of the bundles in which cereal plants, as wheat, rye, etc., are bound after reaping.
- sheal — a shell or pod
- shear — to cut (something).
- sheba — Queen of, the queen who visited Solomon to test his wisdom. I Kings 10:1–13.
- shema — a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- sheva — a mark placed under a consonant in Hebrew writing to denote an absent vowel sound
- shi'a — a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- shiah — (used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- shiai — a judo contest
- shiva — “the Destroyer,” the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
- shoad — float (def 43).
- shoah — the Holocaust.
- shoal — any large number of persons or things.
- shoat — Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- shola — a high-altitude evergreen forest in southern India
- shona — Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- showa — ("Showa") 1901–89, emperor of Japan 1926–89.
- shuar — the name the Jivaro people of the Ecuadorian and Peruvian Amazon have for themselves
- shuha — of or relating to any Shinto sect other than the Kokka.
- shula — Donald Francis ("Don") born 1930, U.S. football coach.
- shura — a consultative council or assembly
- shwas — the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.
- slash — to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.