5-letter words containing sh
- pshaw — an exclamation of “pshaw!”.
- pushy — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- qeshm — the largest island in the Persian Gulf: part of Iran. Area: 1336 sq km (516 sq miles)
- qirsh — a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, the 20th part of a riyal.
- qishm — an island S of and belonging to Iran, in the Strait of Hormuz. 68 miles (109 km) long; about 510 sq. mi. (1320 sq. km).
- quash — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- qursh — qirsh.
- rashi — (Solomon ben Isaac) 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.
- rasht — a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- resht — Rasht.
- rishi — an inspired sage or poet.
- roshi — the religious leader of a group of Zen Buddhists.
- rushy — abounding with rushes or their stems.
- sasha — a female given name, form of Sandra or Alexandra.
- shaba — a province in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: important mining area. 191,878 sq. mi. (496,964 sq. km). Capital: Lubumbashi.
- shack — a rough cabin; shanty.
- shaco — An early system on the IBM 701.
- shade — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- shady — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shaef — Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
- shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shahn — Ben, 1898–1969, U.S. painter, born in Lithuania.
- shair — a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.
- shaka — died 1828, Zulu military leader, who founded the Zulu Empire in southern Africa
- shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shako — a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.
- 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.