| sharkskin | (noun) a smooth crisp fabric | - |
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| sharksucker | (noun) remoras found attached to sharks | Synonyms: Echeneis naucrates |
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| sharp | (adjective) having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing | - |
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| (adjective) (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone | - |
| (adjective) keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point | - |
| (adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined | Synonyms: crisp |
| (adjective) quick and forceful | - |
| (adjective) having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones | Synonyms: shrill |
| (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing |
| (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acuate, acute, needlelike |
| (adjective) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | Synonyms: astute, shrewd |
| (adjective) dangerously steep | Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous |
| (adjective) very sudden and in great amount or degree | - |
| (adjective) harsh | Synonyms: sharp-worded, tart |
| (noun) a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point | - |
| (noun) a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named | - |
| (adverb) changing suddenly in direction and degree | Synonyms: acutely, sharply |
| sharpen | (verb) become sharp or sharper | - |
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| (verb) make crisp or more crisp and precise | - |
| (verb) raise the pitch of (musical notes) | - |
| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, focus |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) give a point to | Synonyms: point, taper |
| (verb) make sharp or sharper | - |
| (verb) make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper | - |
| sharpened | (adjective) having the point made sharp | - |
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| (adjective) made sharp or sharper | - |
| sharpener | (noun) any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper | - |
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| sharper | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharpie, sharpy |
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| sharpie | (noun) a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
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| (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpy |
| (noun) an alert and energetic person | Synonyms: busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpy |
| sharply | (adverb) in an aggressive manner | Synonyms: aggressively |
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| (adverb) in a well delineated manner | Synonyms: crisply |
| (adverb) changing suddenly in direction and degree | Synonyms: acutely, sharp |
| (adverb) very suddenly and to a great degree | Synonyms: precipitously |
| sharpness | (noun) harshness of manner | Synonyms: asperity |
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| (noun) thinness of edge or fineness of point | Synonyms: keenness |
| (noun) a strong odor or taste property | Synonyms: bite, pungency, raciness |
| (noun) the quality of being sharp and clear | Synonyms: distinctness |
| (noun) the attribute of urgency in tone of voice | Synonyms: edge |
| (noun) the quality of being keenly and painfully felt | - |
| (noun) a quick and penetrating intelligence | Synonyms: acuity, acuteness, keenness |
| sharpshoot | (verb) aim and shoot with great precision | Synonyms: snipe |
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| sharpshooter | (noun) a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters | - |
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| (noun) someone skilled in shooting | Synonyms: crack shot, marksman |
| (noun) an athlete noted for accurate aim | - |
| sharpy | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie |
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| (noun) an alert and energetic person | Synonyms: busy bee, eager beaver, live wire, sharpie |
| shart | (verb) to intend to release flatulence but actually defecate | - |
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| shophar | (noun) an ancient musical horn made from the horn of a ram; used in ancient times by the Israelites to sound a warning or a summons; used in synagogues today on solemn occasions | Synonyms: shofar |
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| supercharge | (verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, pressurize |
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| (verb) increase or raise | Synonyms: advance, boost |
| supercharged | (adjective) fraught with great emotion | Synonyms: charged |
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| (adjective) (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger | - |
| supercharger | (noun) compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine | - |
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| surcharge | (noun) an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) | - |
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| (verb) show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given | - |
| (verb) fill to an excessive degree | - |
| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, overload |
| (verb) print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote | - |
| (verb) fill to capacity with people | - |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak |
| (verb) charge an extra fee, as for a special service | - |
| tetrasaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| trisaccharide | (noun) any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis | - |
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| uncharacteristic | (adjective) distinctive and not typical | - |
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| uncharacteristically | (adverb) in uncharacteristic manner | - |
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| uncharged | (adjective) of a particle or body or system; having no charge | - |
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| uncharitable | (adjective) lacking love and generosity | - |
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| uncharted | (adjective) (of unknown regions) not yet surveyed or investigated | Synonyms: chartless, unmapped |
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| unchartered | (adjective) not chartered | - |
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| undercharge | (noun) an insufficient charge | - |
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| (noun) a price that is too low | - |
| (verb) charge (someone) too little money | - |
| undischarged | (adjective) still capable of exploding or being fired | Synonyms: unexploded |
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| (adjective) owed as a debt | Synonyms: outstanding, owing |
| unhardened | (adjective) not brought to a proper consistency or hardness | Synonyms: untempered |
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| unharmed | (adjective) not injured or harmed | Synonyms: unhurt, unscathed, whole |
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| unharmonious | (adjective) not in harmony | Synonyms: inharmonious |
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| unharmoniously | (adverb) in a discordant manner | Synonyms: discordantly |
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| unharness | (verb) remove the harness from | - |
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| unshared | (adjective) not shared | - |
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| unsharpened | (adjective) not sharpened | - |
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| uvulopalatopharyngoplasty | (noun) surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea) | Synonyms: palatopharyngoplasty, PPP, UPPP |
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| vibraharp | (noun) a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound | Synonyms: vibes, vibraphone |
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| wharf | (noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | Synonyms: dock, pier, wharfage |
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| (verb) moor at a wharf | - |
| (verb) discharge at a wharf | - |
| (verb) come into or dock at a wharf | Synonyms: berth, moor |
| (verb) store on a wharf | - |
| (verb) provide with a wharf | - |
| wharfage | (noun) a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | Synonyms: dock, pier, wharf |
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| (noun) a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay | Synonyms: quayage |