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 shipbreaker One who works in shipbreaking. shipbreaking The breaking up of a ship for scrap recycling. shipbroken Synonym of shipwrecked. shipbroker An intermediary who negotiates between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping shipbroking The work of a shipbroker, negotiating between shipowners and people wanting to charter shipping. shipbuilder A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats. shipbuilding The construction of ships. shipcarver Someone who creates the decorative wooden elements for ships, such as figureheads, catheads, and so on shipcarving The making of decorative wooden carvings for a ship, such as figureheads and catheads. shipcraft The art or skill of navigating a ship. Shipe A surname. shipentine A four-masted barque (sailing vessel with a certain rigging arrangement). Shipes A surname. shipfic Fan fiction revolving around or dedicated to shipping. shipfitter A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship. shipfitting The work of a shipfitter, fabricating and assembling the structural parts of a ship. shipful As much as a ship will hold. shipfyrd An Anglo-Saxon naval force or militia; naval fleet; navy. shipgirl A female fictional humanoid character featuring design elements of a ship, such as anchors, naval guns or torpedo tubes; usually a namesake moe anthropomorphization of a real-life warship. Shipham A village and civil parish in Somerset, England. shiphandler A person maneuvering a ship. shiphandling The art or work of maneuvering a ship. shipholder The owner of a ship. shipholding owning a ship or ships Shipibo An indigenous people of Peru, now united with the Conibo people. Shiping A county of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China. shipkeeper A caretaker of a ship when its crew is away. shipkeeping The work of a shipkeeper, taking care of a ship when its crew is away. shipkiller A vessel or missile capable of destroying ships. Shiplake A village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU7578). shiplap A type of wooden board that has rabbets to allow them to be overlapped, commonly used for the exterior siding of buildings. shipless Without a ship. shiplet A little ship. Shipley A village and civil parish in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK4444). shiplike Resembling or characteristic of a ship. shipling A small or miniature ship; a boat. shipload The amount (of cargo) that a ship can carry. shiploader a large machine used for loading and unloading large materials onto ships shiplord A shipmaster; skipper; captain. shiply Of, resembling, or relating to a ship or ships; naval. shipmaking shipbuilding shipman Synonym of sailor. shipmanship The role or skills of a shipman. shipmast The mast of a ship. shipmaster The master of a ship; a captain; a commander. shipmate A fellow sailor serving on the same ship as another. shipment A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship). shipmind An intelligent entity (either an artificial intelligence or alien) used to control a spaceship. shipmistress A female shipmaster. shipot An underground water source that runs constantly. A common source of fresh drinking water in Ukrainian villages. shipova A sweet edible fruit, a hybrid of the European pear (Pyrus communis) and the common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn., Sorbus aria). shipowner Someone who owns a ship. shipowning Owning a ship. shipp A surname transferred from the common noun referring to someone who worked on a ship shippability The quality of being shippable. shippable Able to be shipped. Shippagan A town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. shippage Shipment of goods, especially on a ship (large marine vessel). shipped Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo. Shippee A surname. shippen A stable; a cowhouse. Shippensburg A borough in Cumberland County and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. shipper A seaman; mariner; skipper. shipperdom Synonym of shipperhood. shipperhood The state or quality of being a shipper. shippery The act or practice of supporting or approving of a romantic relationship (ship) between characters. Shippey A surname. shippiness The state or quality of being a ship or like a ship. shipping The transportation of goods. shippo Japanese cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain shippon A cattleshed. shipps A surname. shippy Related to or characteristic of a ship (vessel). Shiprock A monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482.5 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. shiproom Storage space on a ship. shipset The full complement of parts of a system required to equip an individual aerospace vehicle. shipshape Meticulously neat and tidy. shipshapely In shipshape fashion. shipshed A covered slipway used for the storage of ships. shipside The part of a harbour or dock by a ship. shipsmith Someone who forges the ironwork for ships shipspeak nautical jargon shipstuff A mixture of the products other than flour obtained from the milling of the wheatberry. shiptime The local time on board a ship (or spacecraft). Shipton A surname. Shiptonthorpe A village in Shipton Thorpe parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8543). shipward toward a ship shipwards Towards a ship. shipway The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched. shipwide Throughout a ship. shipwork The work of building and repairing ships. shipworker A person who works in a shipyard. shipworks A place for constructing ships; a shipyard. shipworm Any of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo. shipwreck A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy; a ruined vessel or its remains. shipwrecked Stranded as a result of a shipwreck. shipwreckee One who is shipwrecked. shipwrecker One who causes a shipwreck. shipwrecky Characteristic of a shipwreck. shipwright A person who designs, builds and repairs ships, especially wooden ones. shipwrightery The work of a shipwright. shipwrighting The work or occupation of a shipwright. shipyard A place where ships are built and repaired. shiqdar The police chief assigned to a pargana. Shiqi A subdistrict of Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. Shiqian A county of Tongren, Guizhou, China. Shiquan A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China. Shira A female given name from Hebrew. shirah Praise to god in the form of song Shirak A province of Armenia. shirakashi The Asian tree Quercus myrsinifolia. Shirakawa A surname from Japanese. shiralee Burden; load. shirataki Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac. shiraz A variety of black grape used to make wine. Shirazi Of or pertaining to Shiraz. Shirburnian Of or pertaining to the Sherborne School in Dorset, England. shire An administrative area or district between about the 5th to the 11th century, subdivided into hundreds or wapentakes and jointly governed by an ealdorman and a sheriff; also, a present-day area corresponding to such a historical district; a county; especially (England), a county having a name ending in -shire. Shirebrook A town and civil parish with a town council in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5267). Shireen A female given name from Persian. Shirehampton A district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth and historically in Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5376). shireman A sheriff. Shiremoor A village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3171). shiremote An English court of the county held periodically by the sheriff together with the bishop or the ealdorman. Shirenewton A village and community west of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref ST4893). Shireoaks A village and civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5581). Shirer A surname. shirewick Synonym of sheriffwick Shirey A surname. Shirgah A city in Savadkuh, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Shirime A yōkai whose appearance is of a person with an eye in place of the anus. Shirin A female given name from Persian. shirinbaf A kind of fine white muslin. shiritori A Japanese word game where each player in turn must produce a word beginning with the mora that the previous player's word ended with, similar to word chain. shirk To avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from. shirker One who shirks a duty or responsibility. Shirkey A surname. shirking The act of one who shirks. shirky Disposed to shirk; tending to avoid work, obligations, etc. shirl A short form of the female given name Shirley. Shirland A village in Shirland and Higham parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3958). Shirley surely shiro A stew of Ethiopia and Eritrea origin whose primary ingredient is powdered chickpeas or broad-bean meal. shiroboshi victory in a bout Shiroishi A surname from Japanese. shirokshinite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing fluorine, magnesium, oxygen, potassium, silicon, and sodium. Shiroma A surname from Japanese. shiromool A particular germacrene. Shirongolic Belonging to a family of southern Mongolic languages. shirorekha The horizontal line on top of every character in Devanagari script.