10-letter words starting with sh
- shovelhead — bonnethead.
- shovelnose — any of various animals with a shovellike snout or head, as a guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus, of California.
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- show house — theater (def 1).
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- shower gel — liquid soap product
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- showerless — without showers; rain-free
- showground — outdoor events venue
- shreadhead — jerkinhead.
- shreveport — a city in NW Louisiana, on the Red River.
- shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
- shrewdness — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shrewmouse — a shrew.
- shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrimp net — a net for catching shrimps
- shrimpfish — any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates.
- shrimplike — any of several small, long-tailed, chiefly marine crustaceans of the decapod suborder Natania, certain species of which are used as food.
- shrink fit — a tight fit of a collar or wheel boss on a shaft obtained by expanding the collar or boss by heating to enable it to be threaded onto the shaft and then allowing it to cool, or by freezing the shaft to reduce its diameter to enable it to be threaded into the collar or boss and then allowing the shaft temperature to rise
- shrinkpack — flexible plastic used for shrink-wrapping goods
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- shropshire — a former county in W England, now part of Salop.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shutterbug — an amateur photographer, especially one who is greatly devoted to the hobby.
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.