| abolishable | (adjective) capable of being abolished | - |
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| accomplishable | (adjective) capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do | Synonyms: achievable, doable, manageable, realizable |
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| aftershaft | (noun) a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds | - |
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| aftershafted | (adjective) having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) | - |
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| apishamore | (noun) a saddle blanket made of buffalo hide | - |
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| ashamed | (adjective) feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse | - |
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| ashamedly | (adverb) with a feeling of shame | - |
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| boneshaker | (noun) any wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable | - |
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| camshaft | (noun) an engine shaft with cams attached to it | - |
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| cardsharp | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharper, sharper, sharpie, sharpy |
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| cardsharper | (noun) a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games | Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, sharper, sharpie, sharpy |
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| cashable | (adjective) able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent | Synonyms: redeemable |
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| crankshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft driven by (or driving) a crank | - |
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| creashak | (noun) evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn | Synonyms: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, bear's grape, common bearberry, hog cranberry, mealberry, mountain box, red bearberry, sand berry, sandberry, wild cranberry |
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| crosshairs | (noun) a center of interest | - |
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| crosshatch | (noun) shading consisting of multiple crossing lines | Synonyms: hachure, hatch, hatching |
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| (verb) shade with multiple crossing lines | - |
| crosshatched | (adjective) shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines | Synonyms: hatched |
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| cushat | (noun) Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck | Synonyms: Columba palumbus, ringdove, wood pigeon |
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| cushaw | (noun) globose or ovoid squash with striped grey and green warty rind | - |
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| (noun) plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds | Synonyms: Cucurbita argyrosperma, Cucurbita mixta |
| deshabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: dishabille |
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| dishabille | (noun) the state of being carelessly or partially dressed | Synonyms: deshabille |
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| disharmonious | (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, dissonant, inharmonic |
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| disharmonize | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: dissonate |
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| disharmony | (noun) a lack of harmony | Synonyms: inharmoniousness |
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| distinguishability | (noun) Capability of being perceived as different or distinct. | - |
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| distinguishable | (adjective) capable of being perceived as different or distinct | - |
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| (adjective) (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality | Synonyms: distinct |
| drawshave | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawknife |
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| driveshaft | (noun) a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application | - |
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| earthshaking | (adjective) loud enough to shake the very earth | - |
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| (adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world | Synonyms: world-shaking, world-shattering |
| eggshake | (noun) a milkshake with egg in it | - |
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| extinguishable | (adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed | - |
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| eyeshade | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, peak, visor, vizor |
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| eyeshadow | (noun) makeup consisting of a cosmetic substance used to darken the eyes | - |
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| foreshadow | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| foreshadowing | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, prefigurative |
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| (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, prefiguration |
| foreshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a front leg | - |
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| geisha | (noun) a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing | Synonyms: geisha girl |
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| goshawk | (noun) large hawk of Eurasia and North America used in falconry | Synonyms: Accipiter gentilis |
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| greenshank | (noun) large European sandpiper with greenish legs | Synonyms: Tringa nebularia |
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| handshake | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshaking, shake |
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| handshaking | (noun) grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | Synonyms: handclasp, handshake, shake |
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| hawkshaw | (noun) someone who is a detective | Synonyms: dick, gumshoe |
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| headshake | (noun) the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement | Synonyms: headshaking |
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| headshaking | (noun) the act of turning your head left and right to signify denial or disbelief or bemusement | Synonyms: headshake |
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| hindshank | (noun) a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg | - |
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| imperishability | (noun) the property of being resistant to decay | Synonyms: imperishableness, imperishingness |
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| imperishable | (adjective) not perishable | - |
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| (adjective) lasting a long time | Synonyms: abiding, enduring |
| imperishableness | (noun) the property of being resistant to decay | Synonyms: imperishability, imperishingness |
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| indistinguishability | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, identity |
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| indistinguishable | (adjective) not capable of being distinguished or differentiated | Synonyms: undistinguishable |
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| (adjective) exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different | Synonyms: identical |
| inextinguishable | (adjective) difficult or impossible to extinguish | - |
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| jinrikisha | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: ricksha, rickshaw |
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| kasha | (noun) boiled or baked buckwheat | - |
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| kickshaw | (noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, delicacy, goody, treat |
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| lampshade | (noun) a protective ornamental covering for a lamp, used to screen a light bulb from direct view | Synonyms: lamp shade, shade |
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| marshal | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshall |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshall |
| (verb) make ready for action or use | Synonyms: mobilise, mobilize, summon |
| (verb) arrange in logical order | - |
| (verb) place in proper rank | - |
| (verb) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession | - |
| marshall | (noun) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | Synonyms: marshal |
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| (noun) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank | Synonyms: marshal |
| marshalship | (noun) the post of marshall | - |
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| milkshake | (noun) frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream | Synonyms: milk shake, shake |
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| mineshaft | (noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
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| mishandle | (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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| (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mismanage |
| mishap | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: misadventure, mischance |
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| (noun) an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate | Synonyms: bad luck, mischance |
| misshapen | (adjective) so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | Synonyms: deformed, distorted, ill-shapen, malformed |
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| misshapenness | (noun) an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | Synonyms: deformity, malformation |
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| moshav | (noun) a cooperative Israeli village or settlement comprised of small farms | - |
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| nightshade | (noun) any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit | - |
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| nonwashable | (adjective) not washable | - |
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| overshadow | (verb) cast a shadow upon | - |
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| (verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: dominate, eclipse |
| (verb) make appear small by comparison | Synonyms: dwarf, shadow |
| pasha | (noun) a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt | Synonyms: pacha |
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| perishability | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction | Synonyms: perishableness |
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| perishable | (adjective) liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay | - |
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| (noun) food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated | Synonyms: spoilable |
| perishableness | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction | Synonyms: perishability |
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| ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| publishable | (adjective) suitable for publication | - |
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| punishable | (adjective) liable to or deserving punishment | - |
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| (adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: penal |
| ramshackle | (adjective) in deplorable condition | Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, tatterdemalion, tumble-down |
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| redshank | (noun) a common Old World wading bird with long red legs | Synonyms: Tringa totanus |
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| reshape | (verb) shape anew or differently | - |
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| (verb) shape again or shape differently | Synonyms: remold |
| ricksha | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: jinrikisha, rickshaw |
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| rickshaw | (noun) a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | Synonyms: jinrikisha, ricksha |
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| saltshaker | (noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt | Synonyms: salt shaker |
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| sashay | (noun) (ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading | Synonyms: chasse |
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| (noun) a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps | - |
| (noun) a journey taken for pleasure | Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip |
| (verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup |
| (verb) move sideways | Synonyms: sidle |
| (verb) perform a chasse step, in ballet | Synonyms: chasse |
| scrimshank | (verb) avoid work | - |
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| scrimshanker | (noun) a shirker | - |
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| scrimshaw | (noun) a carving (or engraving) on whalebone, whale ivory, walrus tusk, etc., usually by American whalers | - |
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| shabbily | (adverb) in a mean and ungenerous manner | - |
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| (adverb) so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated | - |
| shabbiness | (noun) an unjust act | Synonyms: iniquity, injustice, unfairness |
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| (noun) a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing | Synonyms: manginess, seediness, sleaziness |
| shabby | (adjective) mean and unworthy and despicable | - |
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| (adjective) showing signs of wear and tear | Synonyms: moth-eaten, ratty, tatty |
| shabu | (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, trash |
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| shack | (noun) small crude shelter used as a dwelling | Synonyms: hovel, hut, hutch, shanty |
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| (verb) move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly | Synonyms: trail |
| (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, domiciliate, reside |
| shackle | (noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: bond, hamper, trammel |
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| (noun) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar | - |
| (verb) restrain with fetters | Synonyms: fetter |
| (verb) bind the arms of | Synonyms: pinion |
| shackled | (adjective) bound by chains fastened around the ankles | Synonyms: fettered |
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| 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 | - |
| (verb) pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree | - |
| (verb) vary slightly | - |
| (verb) protect from light, heat, or view | - |
| (verb) represent the effect of shade or shadow on | Synonyms: fill in |
| (verb) cast a shadow over | Synonyms: shade off, shadow |
| shaded | (adjective) protected from heat and light with shade or shadow | - |
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| (adjective) (of pictures or drawings) drawn or painted with degrees or gradations of shadow | - |