Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shovelful (n.) As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.

(1) - Shovelhead (n.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.

(1) - Shovelnose (n.) A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
(2) - Shovelnose (n.) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(3) - Shovelnose (n.) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
(4) - Shovelnose (n.) The common sand shark. See under Snad.

(1) - Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
(2) - Show (n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.
(3) - Show (n.) False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
(4) - Show (n.) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
(5) - Show (n.) Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
(6) - Show (n.) That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.
(7) - Show (n.) The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
(8) - Show (v. i.) To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
(9) - Show (v. i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
(10) - Show (v. t.) To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
(11) - Show (v. t.) To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.
(12) - Show (v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
(13) - Show (v. t.) To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.
(14) - Show (v. t.) To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).