9-letter words containing sho
- floorshow — A set of performances held in a nightclub during the course of an evening.
- for short — having little length; not long.
- foreshock — a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.
- foreshoot — The leading shoot.
- foreshore — the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
- foreshows — Plural form of foreshow.
- foul shot — a throw from the foul line, given a player after a foul has been called against an opponent.
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gang show — an amateur theatrical performance with a cast made up of youth members of Scouts and Guides
- garnishor — (legal) A person who garnishes; one who obtains a garnishment against another.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- good show — excellent, that's good
- grapeshot — a cluster of small cast-iron balls formerly used as a charge for a cannon.
- greenshoe — (finance) An option that allows underwriters to short-sell shares in a registered securities offering at the offering price.
- grieshoch — a bed of embers, especially of a peat or moss fire.
- grog-shop — a saloon or barroom, especially a cheap one.
- hartshorn — the antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- hay shock — a haycock.
- head shop — a shop selling paraphernalia of interest to drug users or associated with the use of drugs.
- headshots — Plural form of headshot.
- hockshops — (US, rare) Plural form of hockshop.
- hook shot — a shot with one hand in which a player extends the shooting arm to the side and brings it back over the head toward the basket while releasing the ball.
- horseshoe — a U -shaped metal plate, plain or with calks, nailed to a horse's hoof to protect it from being injured by hard or rough surfaces.
- hot-short — (of steel or wrought iron) brittle when heated, usually due to high sulfur content.
- houseshoe — (chiefly, Southern US) slippers, moccasins, and other warm footwear not appropriate for use outdoors.
- jazz shoe — a man's plain, close-fitting, low-heeled oxford made of soft leather or other material and having a thin, flexible sole, worn for jazz dancing.
- jump shot — a shot with one or both hands in which a player leaps into the air and shoots the ball at the basket at the moment of reaching the highest point of the leap.
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- junk shot — a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres, golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
- kill shot — a decisive smashing or punching of a ball with the hand or a racquet such that it is virtually unreturnable, as in volleyball, handball, or badminton.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- lead shot — small round pellets of lead, used in cartridges
- lee shore — a shore toward which the wind blows.
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- longshore — existing, found, or employed along the shore, especially at or near a seaport: longshore jobs; longshore current.
- mailshots — Plural form of mailshot.
- malt shop — a retail establishment specializing in serving ice-cream drinks, as malted milks, milk shakes, and sodas.
- monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
- moon shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moon-shot — the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.
- moonshots — Plural form of moonshot.
- nearshore — extending from or occurring along a shore.
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- off-shore — situated off the coast, at sea
- offshoots — Plural form of offshoot.
- offshored — Simple past tense and past participle of offshore.
- offshores — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offshore.
- ogbomosho — a city in SW Nigeria.