10-letter words starting with sh
- shield bug — any shield-shaped herbivorous heteropterous insect of the superfamily Pentamoidea, esp any of the family Pentatomidae
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldless — lacking a shield or its protection
- shieldling — a person that is protected or guarded
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shih ching — Book of Odes.
- shikibuton — futon.
- shillelagh — a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- shimmering — a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- ship canal — a canal navigable by ships.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- ship's boy — a male attendant, as a cabin boy, steward, etc., employed to wait on a ship's passengers or officers.
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- shipentine — a four-masted bark.
- shipfitter — a person who forms plates, shapes, etc., of ship according to plans, patterns, or molds.
- shiplapped — of, related to, or resembling shiplap
- shipmaster — a person who commands a ship; master; captain.
- shipwright — a person who builds and launches wooden vessels or does carpentry work in connection with the building and launching of steel or iron vessels.
- shirt-tail — the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- shirtdress — shirtwaist (def 2).
- shirtfront — front of a shirt
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- shirtwaist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shit-faced — very drunk.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- shittiness — inferior or contemptible.
- shock jock — a radio disc jockey or host who features offensive or controversial material.
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- shock-test — to test (equipment or matériel) for resistance to sudden impact or stress.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
- shoddiness — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
- shoe-shine — an act or instance of cleaning and polishing a pair of shoes.
- shoestring — a shoelace.
- shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shop floor — The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge.
- shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
- shop right — the right of an employer to use an employee's invention without compensating the employee for the use, in cases where the invention was made at the place of and during the hours of employment.
- shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shopsoiled — worn, faded, tarnished, etc, from being displayed in a shop or store
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.