7-letter words starting with sh
- shannon — Claude Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, U.S. applied mathematician: early developer of information theory.
- shantey — chantey.
- shantih — peace.
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
- shaping — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
- shapiro — Karl (Jay) 1913–2000, U.S. poet and editor.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- sharaku — Tashusai [taw-shoo-sahy] /ˈtɔ ʃʊˈsaɪ/ (Show IPA), flourished 18th century, Japanese printmaker.
- sharded — (of a beetle) hidden or living under dung
- sharers — the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- sharett — Moshe [maw-she] /mɔˈʃɛ/ (Show IPA), (Moshe Shertok) 1894–1965, Israeli statesman, born in Russia: prime minister 1953–55.
- shariah — law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- sharing — the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- shariʿa — law, seen as deriving from the Koran, hadith, ijmaʿ, and qiyas.
- sharked — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharker — a person who fishes or hunts sharks
- sharped — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sharpen — knife: make sharper
- sharper — something sharp.
- sharpie — sharper.
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sharrie — a female given name, form of Sharon.
- shastra — any of the sacred books of Hinduism.
- shastri — Lal Bahadur [lahl bah-hah-doo r] /lɑl bɑˈhɑ dʊər/ (Show IPA), 1904–66, Indian statesman: prime minister 1964–66.
- shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- shavian — of, relating to, or characteristic of George Bernard Shaw or his works: Shavian humor.
- shaving — the act, process, or an instance of shaving or being shaved.
- shavuot — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shawlie — a working-class woman, esp one who wears a shawl
- shawnee — a member of an Algonquian-speaking tribe formerly in the east-central U.S., now in Oklahoma.
- shawwal — the tenth month of the Muslim calendar.
- shaytan — Ash-Shaytān.
- she chi — (in popular Chinese religion) the gods of the earth and the harvest.
- she-cat — a female cat
- she-oak — any of various Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
- sheared — shaped or completed by or as if by shearing.
- shearer — Moira (Moira Shearer King) 1926–2006, British ballerina.
- sheathe — to put (a sword, dagger, etc.) into a sheath.
- sheathy — resembling or constituting a sheath
- sheaves — a pulley for hoisting or hauling, having a grooved rim for retaining a wire rope.
- shebang — Informal. the structure of something, as of an organization, contrivance, or affair: The whole shebang fell apart when the chairman quit.
- shebeen — a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.
- shebeli — Webi [wey-bi] /ˈweɪ bɪ/ (Show IPA), Webi Shebeli.
- shechem — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
- shedder — a person or thing that sheds.
- shedful — the quantity or amount contained in a shed
- shedrow — (at a racetrack) a row or double row of horse barns with individual stalls facing a walkway.