shellsortA sorting algorithm that starts by sorting pairs of elements that are far apart from each other, then progressively reduces the gap between elements to be compared.
sheloshimA period of thirty days after the burial of a deceased person, during which a mourner is forbidden to do certain things, such as marrying or shaving.
ShelswellA hamlet near the site of a medieval village in Newton Purcell with Shelswell parish, Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP6130).
SheltaA language spoken by some Irish Travellers, particularly in Ireland, but also in Britain, which has been heavily influenced by English and Irish and is now effectively a cant or creole, though some scholars think it may have originated as and may retain elements of a non-Irish, non-English language.
shelterA place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
SheltonianOf or relating to Thomas Shelton, inventor of a much-used British 17th- and 18th-century stenography.
sheltopusikPseudopus apodus, a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia.
sheltronA compact body of troops forming a battle array or phalanx, especially such a body of Scottish troops armed with pikes during the Wars of Scottish Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.
shelveTo furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
shelvedOf or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
ShelwickA hamlet in Holmer and Shelwick parish, north of Hereford, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5243).
ShemThe oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
ShemaThe central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
shemaghA headcloth designed for a desert environment to protect the wearer from sand and heat.
ShemaiahA prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24).
shemaleA male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.
shematrinAny of a family of structural proteins found in the shells of some oysters.
shemayaAny of certain fishes in the genus Alburnus.
shemiraThe Jewish religious ritual of watching over the body of a deceased person from the time of death until burial.
ShemiteA Semite, especially a descendant of the Biblical Shem.
Shemiticof or pertaining to Shem, the oldest son of Noah
ShemitishRelating to Shem, the son of Noah in the Bible; Shemitic.
shemmaA traditional Ethiopian or Eritrean handwoven cotton cloth that holds cultural, social, and religious significance.
shemmycuckA user of the imageboard soygem.party, nicknamed the Shemmy (a short-lived splinter of soyjak.party), especially one viewed as inferior, pathetic, or overly attached to the site by users of rival boards.
ShenequaA female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
ShenfieldA suburb of Brentwood, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6194).
shengA Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
shengnanA man who has for an extended amount of time been unable to find a romantic, interpersonal or physically intimate relationship.
sheolThe realm of the dead, the common grave of mankind, Hell. In older English translations of the Bible, notably the Authorized Version or King James Bible, this word sheol is translated inconsistently and variously as grave (31 times), pit (3 times) or hell (31 times: e.g., De. 32:22; 2Sa. 22:6; Job 11:8; Ps. 9:17).