7-letter words containing s, h, o
- shadoof — a device used in Egypt and other Eastern countries for raising water, especially for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other.
- shadowy — resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- shakudo — a Japanese alloy of copper and gold having a dark bluish-purple colour
- shallon — a North American evergreen shrub, Gaultheria Shallon, with pink or white flowers and edible berries
- shallop — any of various vessels formerly used for sailing or rowing in shallow waters, especially a two-masted, gaff-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries.
- shallot — a plant, Allium cepa aggregatum (or A. ascalonicum), related to the onion, having a divided bulb used for flavoring in cookery.
- shallow — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shampoo — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- shannon — Claude Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, U.S. applied mathematician: early developer of information theory.
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shavuot — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- she-oak — any of various Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
- shedrow — (at a racetrack) a row or double row of horse barns with individual stalls facing a walkway.
- sheldon — a male given name.
- shelton — a city in SW Connecticut.
- sheroot — a cigar having open, untapered ends.
- shertok — Moshe [moh-shuh] /ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), Sharett, Moshe.
- shikoku — an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).
- shingon — a Japanese form of syncretistic Buddhism founded in the 9th century by Kūkai (a.d. 774–835) and stressing the oral transmission of mystic formulas from master to disciple.
- shipboy — ship's boy.
- shippon — a cow barn or cattle shed.
- shit on — to behave contemptuously or disparagingly toward
- shkoder — a city in NW Albania, on Lake Scutari: a former capital of Albania.
- shlocky — schlock (def 1).
- shmooze — schmooze
- shoaler — a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- shochet — shohet.
- shocked — a group of sheaves of grain placed on end and supporting one another in the field.
- shocker — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- shodden — wearing footwear or shoes
- shoebox — an oblong cardboard box of a standard size used to package a pair of shoes for sale.
- shoeing — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shoepac — a heavy, laced, waterproof boot.
- shoggle — to shake or joggle
- shoggly — unsteady; shaky
- shoguns — the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- sholoms — a male given name.
- shoneen — an Irishman who imitates English ways
- shoo in — a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- shoo-in — a candidate, competitor, etc., regarded as certain to win.
- shoofly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shoogle — to shake, sway, or rock back and forth
- shooing — to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”.
- shooker — simple past tense of shake.
- shooter — a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.: efforts to capture the shooter.
- shootie — a woman's shoe that reaches, covers, or extends just above the ankle.
- shopbot — a website that offers price comparisons for particular products
- shopboy — a boy employed to work in a shop
- shopful — the contents of a shop.