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 Shadowbae The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3. shadowban To ban a user from a community without their knowledge, allowing them to continue reading and commenting, but rendering their contributions invisible or less visible to other users. shadowbox A diorama or shallow display case, usually with a glass front. shadowboxer One who shadowboxes. shadowboxing A form of solo exercise, involving throwing punches at the air, and not at an opponent. shadowcast The performance of a film by a group of amateurs at the same time as it is screened. shadowcasting The generation of shadows from a three-dimensional model. shadowdragon Any member of the genus Neurocordulia (family Corduliidae) of dragonflies. shadowed Depicted with shading, as if showing areas in shadow. Shadowen A surname. Shadowens A surname. shadower One who shadows. shadowfilled Filled with shadows. shadowgram An image produced by means of shadowgraphy. shadowgraph A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. shadowgraphic Relating to shadowgraphy. shadowgraphist An entertainer who produces the silhouettes of animals, etc. by selectively blocking parts of a light source. shadowgraphy The creation of shadowgraph images. shadowily In a shadowy manner. shadowiness The state or property of being shadowy. shadowing The effect of being shadowed (in the sense of blocked), as from a light source or radio transmission. shadowish Shadowy; vague. shadowishly In a shadowish manner. shadowland A shadowy or borderline area, where normal rules and boundaries do not apply. shadowless Lacking a shadow. shadowlessness Absence of shadows. shadowlike Resembling or characteristic of a shadow. shadowy In shadow; darkened by shadows. Shadrach Synonym of salamander (“solidified material in a furnace hearth”). Shadrick A surname. shadscale An evergreen shrub, Atriplex confertifolia. Shadwell A hamlet in Uley parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7897). Shadwick A surname. shady Abounding in shades. Shaeed A surname. Shaeffer A surname. Shaelyn A female given name originating as a coinage. Shaetlan Synonym of Shetlandic. Shafer A surname. Shaff A surname from German. Shaffer A surname, variant of Schaefer. shaffle To hobble or limp; to shuffle. Shaffner A surname. Shaffren A surname. Shafi A surname from Urdu. Shafiee A surname from Persian. Shafiite A member of the Shafi'i (Arabic: شافعي Šāfiʿī), one of the schools of fiqh, or religious law, within the Sunni branch of Islam, recognising four sources of jurisprudence. Shafiq A surname from Arabic. Shafran A surname from Yiddish. shafranovskite A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium. shaft The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow. shafted Fitted with a shaft. shafter One who or that which shafts. Shaftesburian Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, of his writings, or of his philosophical doctrines. Shaftesbury A town and civil parish with a town council in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8623). Shaftesburyan Of or pertaining to the Earl of Shaftesbury. shafthead The entrance to a mineshaft, where the mined material is brought to hte surface. Shaftholme A hamlet near Arksey, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5708). shafthouse A structure (enclosed or otherwise) for the hoisting equipment and landing platform at the top of a mineshaft. shafting Shafts collectively. shaftless Without a shaft. shaftlike Resembling or characteristic of a shaft. shaftman A man who sinks a mineshaft. shaftment An obsolete unit of length defined as 6 inches, which equals 2 palms or ²⁄₃ span; today 6 inches equals exactly 15.24 cm. (Before the 12th century, a shaftment was defined as 6+¹⁄₂ inches.) Shaftoe A surname from Old English. shaftoside An organic compound found in the passionflower. Shaftsbury A town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, named after the Earl of Shaftesbury. shaftway The vertical space in a building in which the elevator or lift travels. shaftwork shafts, collectively shafty Having long and dense fibres. shag Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc. shagadelic Sexy, in an outrageously retro manner. shagaholic A person who is addicted to sex. shagai An ankle bone of a sheep or goat used in traditional Mongolian games and divination practices as a die. Shagaluf The Majorcan resort town of Magaluf. shaganappi A rawhide strap, e.g. as used to hold together Red River carts. shagbag A prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman. shagbark A North American hickory species, (Carya ovata) characterized by distinctive, shaggy, exfoliating bark in mature specimens, commonly known as the shagbark hickory. shagfest An event or encounter involving a large amount of sexual intercourse. shaggability The quality of being shaggable; fuckability. shaggable Worthy of shagging; fuckable. shagged Having or covered with shaggy hair. shaggedness shagginess shagger One who has sexual intercourse. shaggily In a shaggy manner. shagginess The property of being shaggy. shagging An act (or acts) of sexual intercourse. shaggy Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool. shaggytuft A rug made of cotton shag. shagless Without sexual intercourse. shaglet A young shag (type of seabird). shaglike Resembling or characteristic of shag (the material). shagnasty A vile person. shagpile shag carpet shagreen An untanned leather, often dyed green; originally made from horse skin, today mostly made from the skin of a shark or ray. shagreenate Having a rough, granular surface, characteristic of shagreen. shagreened Covered in shagreen. shagroon A settler of the New Zealand province of Canterbury who came from somewhere other than Britain, most commonly Australia. shagtastic brilliant, with implications of sexual intercourse. shah A king of Persia or Iran. Shahab A kind of Iranian missile. shahada The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed); the first of the five pillars of Islam. Shahan A surname. Shahani A surname from Urdu. shahanshah King of kings; a title given to the rulers of ancient Persia and sometimes of Armenia. Shahapwailutan Synonym of Plateau Penutian. Shahbag A neighborhood of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shahbagi A liberal or a leftist; in Bangladeshi politics, one who favours a secular society shahbanu The consort of a shah. Shahbazian A surname from Armenian. Shahbazyan A surname from Armenian. Shahdara A district in Delhi, India. Shahdol A district of Madhya Pradesh, India. shahdom The position, dignity or jurisdiction of a shah. shahed A military drone developed by the Iranian aviation company Shahed Aviation Industries. shaheed An Islamic or Sikh martyr, one who has died fulfilling a religious commandment and is thus promised a place in Paradise. shaheen The shaheen falcon shaheens The Pakistan national cricket team. Shahekou A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China. shahi A former currency unit of Iran, worth one twentieth of a qiran. shahid A surname. shahidka A female shaheed. Shahidulla Synonym of Xaidulla. shahin The shaheen falcon. Shahjahanabad Synonym of Old Delhi. Shahjahanpur A city and district of Bareilly division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Shahkulu The leader of the Şahkulu Rebellion in 1511. Shahla A female given name. Shahmukhi A variant of the Urdu script, based on the Nastaliq style of the Persian script and adopted to write the Punjabi language in the Punjab region of Pakistan. Shahnameh An epic poem written by Ferdowsi around 1000 CE, telling the mythical and historical past of ancient Persia from the beginning of the world until the Muslim conquest. Shahpur Former name of Salmas, Iran. Shahqoli A transliteration of the Persian male given name شاهقلی (šâhqoli) Shahrisabz A city in Uzbekistan. Shahrivar The sixth solar month of the Persian calendar. shahrud A type of short-necked lute, similar to an archlute, originating in traditional Persian music. Shahryar Name of the fictional Persian Sassanid King of Kings married to Scheherazade in the story One Thousand and One Nights. Shahsevan A member of an Azeri-speaking people of Iran. Shahsevani Of or relating to the Shahsevans. shahtoosh A light but warm Kashmiri shawl made with hair from the chiru, or Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), an endangered species. shahtoot A type of Asian mulberry tree, Morus macroura. Shahzad A surname. shahzada The son of a shah. Shaigiya An Arabized Nubian tribe of Sudan. shaik A surname. shaikh A surname. shail To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling. shaila A question, especially a religious or legal one posed to a rabbi regarding Jewish law (halacha). Shailaja A female given name of Indian usage. Shailaputri an epithet of the Goddess Parvati Shailene A female given name.