17-letter words containing sho
- a shot in the arm — something that bolsters up, reinvigorates, encourages, etc., esp. in a difficult situation
- agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
- all over the shop — If something is happening all over the shop, it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area.
- armchair shopping — buying goods using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
- as who should say — as if one should say
- british shorthair — a breed of large cat with a short dense coat
- cardiogenic shock — a type of shock caused by decreased cardiac output despite adequate blood volume, owing to a disease of the heart itself, as myocardial infarction, or any other factor that interferes with the filling or emptying of the heart.
- dishonourableness — Alternative spelling of dishonorableness.
- dog and pony show — an elaborate sales, advertising, or publicity presentation or campaign.
- drive-by shooting — an incident in which a person, building, or vehicle is shot at by someone in a moving vehicle
- establishing shot — Cinema
- ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
- have a short fuse — a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- high-heeled shoes — shoes having high, rather than flat, heels
- hypovolemic shock — a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume, as from massive bleeding or dehydration.
- medium close shot — a shot taken fairly close to the subject, but not as close as a close-up
- narrow-shouldered — having shoulders which do not extend very far from the neck; not broad-shouldered
- national seashore — an area of seacoast set aside and maintained by the U.S. government for purposes of recreation or wildlife study.
- nuclear threshold — the point in war at which a combatant brings nuclear weapons into use
- one-stop shopping — the provision of everything that a customer or client might require in one place
- penalty shoot-out — In football, a penalty shoot-out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game.
- preferential shop — a shop in which union members are preferred, usually by agreement of an employer with a union.
- purple shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- run short/run low — If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left.
- save shoe leather — to avoid wearing out shoes, as by taking a bus rather than walking
- sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
- scattered showers — showers that are scattered across an area, or that occur at intervals throughout the day
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- shoot one's cuffs — to expose one's shirt cuffs beyond the coat sleeves
- shooting incident — an incident involving guns
- shooting practice — practice in shooting for soldiers or other people who shoot guns
- shopping bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- shopping precinct — pedestrian area with shops
- shopping-bag lady — bag lady (def 1).
- short short story — a very short piece of prose fiction, much more condensed than the average short story.
- short-term memory — information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long-term memory).
- shortcrust pastry — a basic type of pastry that is made with half the quantity of fat to flour, and has a crisp but crumbly texture
- shorten the reins — to take up the reins so that the distance between hand and bit is lessened, in order that the horse may be more collected
- shorter catechism — one of the two catechisms established by the Westminster Assembly in 1647, used chiefly in Presbyterian churches.
- shorthold tenancy — letting of a dwelling for between one and five years at a fair rent
- shouting distance — hailing distance.
- show in (or out) — to usher into (or out of) a given place
- show sb the ropes — If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.
- shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
- square-shouldered — having the shoulders held back, giving a straight form to the upper part of the back.
- the cold shoulder — a show of indifference; slight
- the show-me state — the nickname of the US state of Missouri, which comes from its inhabitants' reputation for scepticism
- to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
- to steal the show — If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.
- william shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
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