8-letter words starting with sh
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shipless — free of ships
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shipping — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
- shipside — the area alongside a ship, as on a pier.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
- shireman — a sheriff
- shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- shirleen — a female given name, form of Shirley.
- shirring — to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
- shirting — any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
- shit fit — Slang. a temper tantrum; a fit of anger: My parents will have a shit fit if I fail the test! He threw a shit fit at work.
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shit-hot — very good
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shitless — If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless, they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored.
- shitlist — a list of persons held in extreme disfavor.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shivered — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shlemiel — an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- shloshim — the period of thirty days' deep mourning following a death
- shnorrer — a person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others with no intention of repaying; sponger; moocher; beggar.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shoddily — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoe box — cardboard box in which shoes are sold
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- shoehorn — a shaped piece of horn, metal, or the like, inserted in the heel of a shoe to make it slip on more easily.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- shoeless — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shoetree — one of a pair of foot-shaped devices, usually of metal or wood, for placing in a shoe to maintain its shape when it is not being worn.
- shogging — to shake; jolt.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoo-fly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.