Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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shinpad

noun

a stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catch...

shinplaster

noun

paper money of little value issued on insufficient security

shipside

noun

the part of a wharf that is next to a ship

shirer

noun

United States broadcast journalist who was in Berlin at the...

shirring

noun

baking shelled eggs

shirtdress

noun

a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all th...

shirtfront

noun

a man's detachable insert (usually starched) to simulate the...

shirttail

noun

a brief addendum at the end of a newspaper article

shisha

noun

an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected...

shittah

noun

source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably...

shittim

noun

shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States...

shittimwood

noun

deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico

shivaism

noun

a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva

shivaist

noun

worshipper of Shiva

shlemiel

noun

(Yiddish) a dolt who is a habitual bungler

shlep

noun

(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

shlepper

noun

(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

shlimazel

noun

(Yiddish) a very unlucky or inept person who fails at everyt...

shlock

noun

merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

shlockmeister

noun

(slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandi...

shmaltz

noun

(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music

shmegegge

noun

(Yiddish) baloney; hot air; nonsense

shnorrer

noun

(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity...

shoddiness

noun

the property of weakness by virtue of careless construction

shoebird

noun

large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a...

shoeful

noun

the amount that a shoe will hold

shopfront

noun

the front side of a store facing the street; usually contain...

shorea

noun

genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin

shortener

noun

any agent that shortens

shortgrass

noun

any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate droug...

shortsightedness

noun

(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye'...

shoshoni

noun

a member of the North American Indian people (related to the...

shoshonian

noun

a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the so...

shouter

noun

someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice

shover

noun

someone who pushes

shrewishness

noun

a nature given to nagging or scolding

shrilling

noun

a continuing shrill noise

shrillness

noun

having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound

shrimpfish

noun

slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with...

shrublet

noun

dwarf shrub

shtickl

noun

a really little shtik

shtik

noun

(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating

shtikl

noun

a really little shtik

shtup

noun

slang for sexual intercourse

shua

noun

any branch of Shinto other than Kokka

shudra

noun

a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste

shuffler

noun

someone who walks without raising the feet

shumac

noun

a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the no...

shunter

noun

a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make...

sial

noun

the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the e...