Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Shavuot A Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered. shaw A thicket; a small wood or grove. Shawalo In Kalash myth, the meadow where Mahandeu cheated Balimain from superiority, when all the gods had slept together. Shawanda A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Shawanese Of or relating to the Shawnee people. Shawangunk A town in Ulster County, New York, United States, named after Shawangunk Kill and Shawangunk Ridge. Shawano A city, the county seat of Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. shawarma A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture of these. Shawbridge A district, a former municipality of Prévost, Rivière-du-Nord county, Quebec, Canada; across the river from Old Prévost in Prévost Shawcross A surname from Old English. Shawe A surname. Shawell A small village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5480). Shawfair A new residential development near Millerhill, Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3269). Shawfield A locality in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0661). Shawford A village in Compton and Shawford parish, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4724). Shawforth A village and ward in the Township of Whitworth in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8818). Shawhan A surname from Irish. Shawi Synonym of Chayahuita (“Amazonian language of Peru”). Shawinigan A town in the Mauricie of Quebec, Canada Shawinigate A 1999 Canadian scandal involving Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec. Shawism A belief, quotation, etc. attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). Shawiya A Berber language spoken in Algeria. shawl A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. Shawlands A suburb on the south side of Glasgow, City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS5761). shawled Dressed in a shawl. shawlette A small shawl. Shawley A surname. shawling An act of wrapping in a shawl. shawlless Without a shawl. shawllike Resembling or characteristic of a shawl. shawlwise Arranged in the manner of a shawl. shawm A mediaeval double-reed wind instrument with a conical wooden body. shawmer Synonym of shawmist. shawmist Someone who plays a shawm. Shawna A female given name, variant of Shauna. shawnee A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio. Shawneece A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Shawneetown A small city, the county seat of Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The town was established in 1937 after the Ohio River flood of 1937 inundated what is now Old Shawneetown, Illinois. Shawnese Shawnee. Shawnna A female given name, variant of Shauna. Shawol A fan of the South Korean boy band SHINee. shawoman A female shaman. shaws stalks or leaves of root vegetables. Shawshank To escape, especially by tunneling out or without warning. Shawswick A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. shawty she or her. Shawver A surname. Shawwal The tenth month of the Islamic calendar. Shawyer A surname shay A chaise. shaya Synonym of Xayar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. shayak A coarse woollen cloth from Tripoli. Shayan A male given name (of Persian origin) Shayang A county of Jingmen, Hubei, China. Shayar Synonym of Xayar. Shaydon A town, the district capital of Asht district, Sughd, Tajikistan Shaye A female given name transferred from the surname or from Irish, variant of Shay. Shaykhi A follower of Shaykhism. Shaykhism A Shi'a Islamic school founded by Shaykh Ahmad in early 19th-century Qajar Iran, diverging from the Usuli school in its interpretation of key ideas such as the nature of the end times and the day of resurrection, the source of jurisprudential authority, and the proper hermeneutic to be employed in interpreting prophecy through the mystical writings of the Twelver Imams. Shaykhite A follower of Shaykhism. shayla A traditional Islamic headcovering worn by some Muslim women to observe sartorial hijab; typically wrapped and pinned, and sometimes worn as a partial niqab (veil for the face). Shayleen A female given name. Shaylene A female given name, variant of Shayla. Shayler A surname. Shayna A female given name from Yiddish. Shayne A male given name from Irish. shays A surname Shaysite A follower of Daniel Shays during his 18th-century armed rebellion in New England. Shaz A diminutive of the female given name Sharon. Shazad A male given name shazam Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed. shazamable Of a song, that can be identified using the Shazam application. shazbat Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration. shazbot An excited utterance used to convey disappointment, particularly as a euphemism for shit. Shazia A female given name from Arabic. Shaznay A female given name. Shazza A diminutive of the female given name Sharon. shcha The letter Щ, щ. Shchastia A city and raion of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Shcheglovsk Former name of Kemerovo. Shcherbakov A surname shcherbakovite A particular batisite mineral. Shcherbina A surname from Ukrainian. shcherbinaite An orthorhombic-dipyramidal yellow green mineral containing oxygen and vanadium. shchi A type of soup from Russia made from cabbage. Shcholkine A city in Crimea, Ukraine. Shchuchy A mountain range in the Anadyr Highlands, administratively part of Anadyrsky Raion, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Far Eastern Federal District, Russia. Shchyolkovo A city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. she The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied. shea A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda. Shead A surname. sheading Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided. sheaf A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. Sheaffer A surname. sheafification The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf. sheafless Without a sheaf or sheaves. sheaflike Resembling or characteristic of a sheaf. sheafwise In sheaves or bundles. sheafy Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. Sheahan A male given name. sheal A shell or pod. Shealey A surname. Shealy A surname from Irish. Shean A surname. Sheana A female given name. sheanderthal A brutish or uncivilized woman. Sheandra A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage. shear To remove the fleece from (a sheep, llama, etc.) by clipping. shearability The condition or extent of being shearable. shearable That is subject to shear Shearan A surname. shearbill A seabird, the black skimmer. sheard A surname. shearer A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears. shearfree Free from shear forces. Shearin A surname. shearing Tending to cut or tear. shearinine Any of a group of marine fungal isolates with anticancer activity in vitro. Shearlaw A surname. shearless Having, or producing no (or very little) shear shearlet An extension of the wavelet, allowing the efficient encoding of anisotropic features in multivariate problem classes. shearlike Resembling or characteristic of shears (the cutting tool). shearline A line which separates regions of differing wind velocity. shearling A sheep that has been shorn for the first time shearman One whose occupation is to shear cloth. shearn A surname. shearography The visualisation of surface strain by means of optical interference Shearon A surname. shearotactic Relating to shearotaxis shearotactically As a result of shearotaxis shearotaxis Movement as a result of an applied shear force shearpole A horizontal crosspiece. shears A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc. shearsmith A person who makes shears. sheartail The common tern, Sterna hirundo. shearwall An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building shearwater Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs. Sheasley A surname. sheat A sheatfish sheatfish A wels catfish (Silurus glanis), the largest freshwater fish in Europe. sheath A holster for a sword; a scabbard. sheathable Capable of being sheathed. sheathbill Either of two species of scavenging birds in the genus Chionis which breed only on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands. sheathe To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath. sheather One who makes sheaths. sheathing Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade. sheathless Without a sheath. sheathlike Resembling or characteristic of a sheath. sheathotomy incision into the sheath of a vessel sheathtail Synonym of sheath-tailed bat.