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14-letter words containing sho

  • shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • short division — division, especially by a one-digit divisor, in which the steps of the process are performed mentally and are not written down.
  • short interest — the total amount by which a single seller or all sellers are short in a particular stock or commodity or in the market as a whole.
  • short position — the position of one who has not yet covered a short sale
  • short trousers — knee-length trousers formerly worn by small boys
  • short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
  • shortened form — an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)
  • shoulder blade — the scapula.
  • shoulder board — one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shove-ha'penny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
  • showbiz column — a column about the entertainment industry
  • shower cubicle — a shower enclosure
  • shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
  • showplace home — a historic house
  • square shooter — an honest, fair person.
  • steal the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • take a shot at — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • thought shower — brainstorm
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • wild monkshood — a plant, Aconitum uncinatum, of the buttercup family, native to the eastern central U.S., having roundish leaves and hooded, blue flowers, growing in rich, moist soil.
  • wild west show — an entertainment, often as part of a circus, representing scenes and events from the early history of the western U.S. and displaying feats of marksmanship, horseback riding, rope twirling, and the like.
  • window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
  • x short of a y — If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy.
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