8-letter words containing sh
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcase — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showdown — the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, especially poker.
- showerer — someone who showers abundantly
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showjump — to take part in a showjumping competition
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- showroom — a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- shraddha — one of several funeral rites performed at intervals after a death.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- shredded — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shredder — a person or thing that shreds.
- shrewder — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewish — having the disposition of a shrew.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- shrilled — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shriller — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shrimper — a shrimp fisherman.
- shrinker — a person or thing that shrinks.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- shrunken — a past participle of shrink.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuffler — a person who shuffles.
- shunless — unable to be shunned
- shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shut off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shut-off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- shutters — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- singlish — a variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay
- sissyish — rather effeminate
- sixtyish — more or less sixty
- skilfish — a sablefish, Erilepsis zonifer, of the North Pacific.