| shaken |
past participle of shake. |
| shakeout |
any change in market prices that obliges speculators to sell their securities. [2 definitions] |
| shaker |
someone or something that shakes, esp. a container with a perforated lid for shaking seasoning onto food. [3 definitions] |
| Shakespearean |
of, concerning, or resembling Shakespeare or his writing. [2 definitions] |
| Shakespearean sonnet |
a sonnet form in which three quatrains are followed by a final rhyming couplet. |
| shake-up |
a complete, often radical rearrangement, as in the structure or staff of a business or other organization. |
| shaking palsy |
see Parkinson's disease. |
| shako |
a tall, stiff, cylinder-shaped military dress hat with a front visor and a plume. |
| Shakti |
in Hinduism, divine power or creative energy, usu. venerated in the person of the female consort of Shiva. |
| shaky |
shaking; trembling. [2 definitions] |
| shale |
a soft, multilayered rock that can easily be split into sheets. |
| shale oil |
oil obtained from the distillation of bituminous shale. |
| shall |
am going to, or expecting to; will. [2 definitions] |
| shallop |
any of various small open boats formerly used for rowing or sailing, or both, in shallow water. |
| shallot |
an onionlike plant of the lily family that forms flavorful bulbs eaten as a vegetable or used in cooking. [2 definitions] |
| shallow |
measuring little from top to bottom; lacking depth. [4 definitions] |
| shalom |
peace (Hebrew); used among Jews as a greeting and farewell. |
| sham |
an imitation that is passed as genuine; counterfeit. [7 definitions] |
| shaman |
among certain native Asian and North American peoples, a priest or healer believed to have exclusive contact with the supernatural. |
| shamanism |
a religion native to northern Asia based on a belief in supernatural spirits that can be contacted by shamans. [2 definitions] |
| shamble |
to walk slowly, unsteadily, or awkwardly. [2 definitions] |