| shad | (noun) herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
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| (noun) bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast | - |
| shadberry | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry |
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| shadblow | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadbush |
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| shadbush | (noun) any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit | Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow |
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| shaddock | (noun) large pear-shaped fruit similar to grapefruit but with coarse dry pulp | Synonyms: pomelo |
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| (noun) southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits | Synonyms: Citrus decumana, Citrus grandis, Citrus maxima, pomelo, pomelo tree, pummelo |
| shade | (noun) protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight | - |
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| (noun) a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment) | - |
| (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, lampshade |
| (noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color | Synonyms: tincture, tint, tone |
| (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: ghost, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
| (noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nicety, nuance, refinement, subtlety |
| (noun) a slight amount or degree of difference | Synonyms: tad |
| (noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shadiness, shadowiness |
| (noun) a position of relative inferiority | - |
| shades | (noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun | Synonyms: dark glasses, sunglasses |
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| (noun) (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something | - |
| shadflower | (noun) annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules | Synonyms: Draba verna, shad-flower, whitlow grass |
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| shadfly | (noun) slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days | Synonyms: dayfly, mayfly |
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| shadiness | (noun) questionable honesty or legality | - |
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| (noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shade, shadowiness |
| shading | (noun) a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades | Synonyms: blending |
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| (noun) graded markings that indicate light or shaded areas in a drawing or painting | - |
| shadow | (noun) refuge from danger or observation | - |
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| (noun) something existing in perception only | Synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom |
| (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: tincture, trace, vestige |
| (noun) a premonition of something adverse | - |
| (noun) an unilluminated area | Synonyms: dark, darkness |
| (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadower, tail |
| (noun) an inseparable companion | - |
| (noun) a dominating and pervasive presence | - |
| (noun) shade within clear boundaries | - |
| shadowboxing | (noun) sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training) | - |
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| shadower | (noun) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | Synonyms: shadow, tail |
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| shadowgraph | (noun) a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) | Synonyms: radiogram, radiograph, skiagram, skiagraph |
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| shadowiness | (noun) relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body | Synonyms: shade, shadiness |
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| shadowing | (noun) the act of following someone secretly | Synonyms: tailing |
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