10-letter words starting with short
- short bill — a bill of exchange that is payable at sight, on demand, or within less than ten days
- short code — (language) (SHORTCODE) A pseudocode interpreter for mathematics problems, designed by John Mauchly in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's BINAC and later on UNIVAC I and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a high level language.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short game — the aspect of golf considered in relation to the ability of a player to hit medium or short shots, as chip shots, pitch shots, and putts, with accuracy. Compare long game (def 1).
- short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
- short iron — a club, as a pitcher, pitching niblick, or niblick, with a short shaft and an iron head the face of which has great slope, for hitting approach shots.
- short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
- short loin — the front part of a loin of beef, from the ribs to the sirloin
- short odds — (in betting) an almost even chance
- short rate — a charge, proportionately higher than the annual rate, made for insurance issued or continued in force by the insured for less than one year.
- short ream — 480 sheets of paper
- short ribs — the rib ends of beef from the forequarter, next to the plate
- short sale — an act or instance of selling short.
- short time — a period or schedule during which the number of working hours is reduced: The recession has put most of the manufacturing plants on short time.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-arse — a small man
- short-form — noting or relating to journalistic content or a genre of journalism characterized by short articles.
- short-hand — a method of rapid handwriting using simple strokes, abbreviations, or symbols that designate letters, words, or phrases (distinguished from longhand).
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- short-life — not designed to last
- short-list — to put on a short list.
- short-stay — available or valid for a limited time
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortboard — a type of surfboard that is shorter than standard
- shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
- shortcrust — light crumbly pastry
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- shortgrass — any of several range grasses of short stature, as buffalo grass, prevalent in semiarid regions of the Great Plains.
- shortsheet — to fold a sheet so that it is impossible for a person to stretch their legs when they get into bed (done as a practical joke)
- shortsword — a short-bladed sword
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