SHA-MIA

Name Report For First Name SHA-MIA:

First name SHA-MIA's origin is African. SHA-MIA means "to be of high spirit". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SHA-MIA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of shamia.(Brown names are of the same origin (African) with SHA-MIA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with SHA-MIA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming SHA-MIA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES SHAM�A AS A WHOLE:

NAMES RHYMING WITH SHAM�A (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (hamia) - Names That Ends with hamia:

hamia

Rhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (amia) - Names That Ends with amia:

kamia hippodamia lamia laodamia damia jamia amia

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (mia) - Names That Ends with mia:

artemia cosimia eunomia euphemia academia bemia beomia efthemia mia yasmia romia karmia thenomia neomia carmia geremia

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ia) - Names That Ends with ia:

afia aminia ashia efia fowsia kamaria safia tawia beornia bernia odelia alaia badi'a dummonia amaia donia erensia melodia saskia nubia tabia berengaria bethia cambria ingria abelia adalia aloysia agalaia agalia aglaia alesia ambrosia anthia anysia aspasia athanasia basilia callia calligenia cassiopeia castalia celosia cynthia demetria dionysia egeria eileithyia elefteria erytheia eulallia eurycleia filia gelasia georgia harmonia hedia helia hesperia hestia hygeia hypatia idalia iphegenia lampetia lelia lethia obelia oleisia orithyia ortygia parthenia pelagia pelicia pelopia polyhymnia

NAMES RHYMING WITH SHAM�A (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (shami) - Names That Begins with shami:

shamika

Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (sham) - Names That Begins with sham:

shamay shamra shamus

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sha) - Names That Begins with sha:

sha-ul shaaban shaan shabab shabaka shace shad shada shadd shaddoc shaddock shadha shadi shadia shadiyah shadoe shadrach shadwell shae shaela shaeleigh shaelynn shafeeq shafiq shahana shaheen shahrazad shai shaibya shailey shain shaina shaine shaithis shakeh shaker shakini shakir shakira shaku shalene shalom shalott shan shanahan shanaye shandley shandon shandy shane shani shania shanika shaniyah shanley shann shanna shannen shannon shanta shantae shapa sharada sharaden sharama sharanya sharayah shareef shareefa shareek sharif sharifa sharifah sharlene sharmila sharni sharnta sharon sharongila sharufa shashi shasti shattuck shauden shaughn shaun shauna shaundre shaunta shauntia shavana shaw shawe shawn shawna shawnasea

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHAM�A:

First Names which starts with 'sh' and ends with 'ia':

First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'a':

saa saada saadya saba sabana sabina sabiya sabola sabra sabria sabrina sadaka sadhbba sadira safa safiya sagira sahara saida saina sakeena sakima sakra sakujna sakura salama salbatora saleema salma saloma salvadora salvatora salwa samantha samara sameeha sameera samira samoanna samuela samuka samvarta sanaa sancha sancia sanda sandhya sandra sanjna sanora sanura sanya sapphira sara sarama sarika sarina sarisha sarita sasa sasha sativola saturnina sauda saumya saura savanna savarna saxona saxonia sayda sbtinka scadwiella scota scotia scowyrhta scylla seafra seaghda seana seanna sebastiana seda seentahna segunda seina sela selena seleta selima selina selma semira senalda senona senora senta seorsa serafina seraphina

English Words Rhyming SHA-MIA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SHAM�A AS A WHOLE:

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHAM�A (According to last letters):

Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (hamia) - English Words That Ends with hamia:

Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (amia) - English Words That Ends with amia:

adynamia

noun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.

amia

noun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

cryptogamia

noun (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.

didynamia

noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

lamia

noun (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

monogamia

noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.

phaenogamia

noun (n. pl.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia.

phanerogamia

noun (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants.

phenogamia

noun (n. pl.) Same as Phaenogamia.

polygamia	noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants, characterized by having both hermaphrodite and unisexual flowers on the same plant.
	noun (n. pl.) A name given by Linnaeus to file orders of plants having syngenesious flowers.

polythalamia

noun (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.

tetradynamia

noun (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens, four of which are longer than the others.

zamia

noun (n.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile.

Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (mia) - English Words That Ends with mia:

anaemia

adjective (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

anomia

noun (n.) A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

anosmia

noun (n.) Loss of the sense of smell.

aphemia

noun (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

artemia

noun (n.) A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

acetonaemia

noun (n.) Alt. of -nemia

asemia

noun (n.) Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs of thought.

bohemia	noun (n.) A country of central Europe.
	noun (n.) Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3.

bulimia

noun (n.) Alt. of Bulimy

cacaemia

noun (n.) Alt. of Cachaemia

cachaemia	noun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.
	noun (n.) Alt. of Cachemia

cacochymia	noun (n.) Alt. of Cacochymy
	noun (n.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood.

cadmia

noun (n.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

cimia

noun (n.) See Cimbia.

cachemia

noun (n.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

cacostomia

noun (n.) Diseased or gangrenous condition of the mouth.

exophthalmia

noun (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

gerocomia

noun (n.) See Gerocomy.

gonimia

noun (n. pl.) Bluish green granules which occur in certain lichens, as Collema, Peltigera, etc., and which replace the more usual gonidia.

holmia

noun (n.) An oxide of holmium.

hydraemia

noun (n.) An abnormally watery state of the blood; anaemia.

hyperaemia

noun (n.) A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part of the body.

ichorhaemia

noun (n.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances.

kalmia

noun (n.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also mountain laurel, ivy bush, lamb kill, calico bush, etc.

lagophthalmia

noun (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos

leuchaemia

noun (n.) See Leucocythaemia.

leucocythaemia

noun (n.) Alt. of Leucocythemia

leucocythemia

noun (n.) A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.

leukaemia

noun (n.) Leucocythaemia.

lipaemia

noun (n.) A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.

lithaemia

noun (n.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.

melanaemia

noun (n.) A morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.

microphthalmia

noun (n.) Alt. of Microphthalmy

nematelmia

noun (n. pl.) Same as Nemathelminthes.

ophthalmia

noun (n.) An inflammation of the membranes or coats of the eye or of the eyeball.

phoronomia

noun (n.) See Phoronomics.

platyhelmia

noun (n. pl.) Same as Platyelminthes.

podophthalmia

noun (n. pl.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.

pyaemia	noun (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.
	noun (n.) Alt. of Pyemia

pyemia	noun (n.) See PyAemia.
	noun (n.) A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption of pyogenic microorganisms into the blood, usually from a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion.

septaemia

noun (n.) Septicaemia.

septicaemia

noun (n.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.

simia

noun (n.) A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.

spanaemia

noun (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient.

tox/mia

adjective (a.) Blood poisoning. See under Blood.

uraemia

noun (n.) Accumulation in the blood of the principles of the urine, producing dangerous disease.

vermiformia

noun (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.

xerophthalmia

noun (n.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.

waldheimia

noun (n.) A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHAM�A (According to first letters):

Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (shami) - Words That Begins with shami:

shaming

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shame

Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (sham) - Words That Begins with sham:

sham	noun (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
	noun (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
	adjective (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
	verb (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
	verb (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
	verb (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
	verb (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

shamming

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sham

shama

noun (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.

shaman

noun (n.) A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.

shamanic

adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Shamanism.

shamanism

noun (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.

shamanist

noun (n.) An adherent of Shamanism.

shamble	noun (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
	noun (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
	noun (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
	verb (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.

shambling	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shamble
	noun (n.) An awkward, irregular gait.
	adjective (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.

shame	noun (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
	noun (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
	noun (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
	noun (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
	noun (n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.
	verb (v. t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
	verb (v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
	verb (v. t.) To mock at; to deride.

shamefaced

noun (n.) Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

shamefast

adjective (a.) Modest; shamefaced.

shameful	adjective (a.) Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
	adjective (a.) Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.

shameless	adjective (a.) Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
	adjective (a.) Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.

shamer

noun (n.) One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.

shammer

noun (n.) One who shams; an impostor.

shammy	noun (n.) The chamois.
	noun (n.) A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.

shamois

noun (n.) Alt. of Shamoy

shamoy

noun (n.) See Shammy.

shamoying

noun (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.

shampooing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shampoo

shampoo	noun (n.) The act of shampooing.
	verb (v. t.) To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
	verb (v. t.) To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.

shampooer

noun (n.) One who shampoos.

shamrock

noun (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (sha) - Words That Begins with sha:

shab	noun (n.) The itch in animals; also, a scab.
	verb (v. t.) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
	verb (v. t.) To scratch; to rub.

shabbing

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shab

shabbed	adjective (a.) Shabby.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Shab

shabbiness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being sghabby.

shabble	noun (n.) Alt. of Shabble
	noun (n.) A kind of crooked sword or hanger.

shabby	noun (n.) Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
	noun (n.) Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
	noun (n.) Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.

shabrack

noun (n.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.

shack	noun (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
	noun (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.
	noun (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
	verb (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
	verb (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
	verb (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
	verb (v. i.) A hut; a shanty; a cabin.

shackatory

noun (n.) A hound.

shackle	noun (n.) Stubble.
	noun (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
	noun (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
	noun (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
	noun (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
	noun (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
	noun (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
	verb (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
	verb (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
	verb (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.

shackling

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shackle

shacklock

noun (n.) A sort of shackle.

shackly

adjective (a.) Shaky; rickety.

shad

noun (n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.

shadbird	noun (n.) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
	noun (n.) The common European sandpiper.

shadd

noun (n.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.

shaddock

noun (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.

shade	noun (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
	noun (n.) Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
	noun (n.) An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
	noun (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
	noun (n.) Shadow.
	noun (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
	noun (n.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
	noun (n.) Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
	noun (n.) A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
	noun (n.) To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
	verb (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
	verb (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
	verb (v. t.) To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
	verb (v. t.) To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
	verb (v. t.) To mark with gradations of light or color.
	verb (v. t.) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

shading	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shade
	noun (n.) Act or process of making a shade.
	noun (n.) That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

shadeful

adjective (a.) Full of shade; shady.

shadeless

adjective (a.) Being without shade; not shaded.

shader

noun (n.) One who, or that which, shades.

shadiness

noun (n.) Quality or state of being shady.

shadoof

noun (n.) A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

shadow	noun (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
	noun (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
	noun (n.) A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
	noun (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
	noun (n.) That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.
	noun (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
	noun (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.
	noun (n.) A small degree; a shade.
	noun (n.) An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
	noun (n.) To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.
	noun (n.) To conceal; to hide; to screen.
	noun (n.) To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
	noun (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
	noun (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
	noun (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
	noun (n.) To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

shadowing	noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shadow
	noun (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
	noun (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

shadowiness

noun (n.) The quality or state of being shadowy.

shadowish

adjective (a.) Shadowy; vague.

shadowless

adjective (a.) Having no shadow.

shadowy	adjective (a.) Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
	adjective (a.) Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
	adjective (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
	adjective (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical.
	adjective (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

shadrach

noun (n.) A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

shaffler

noun (n.) A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.

shafiite

noun (n.) A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.

shaft	noun (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
	noun (n.) The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
	noun (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
	noun (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
	noun (n.) The stem or midrib of a feather.
	noun (n.) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
	noun (n.) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
	noun (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
	noun (n.) A pole, especially a Maypole.
	noun (n.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
	noun (n.) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
	noun (n.) A rod at the end of a heddle.
	noun (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
	noun (n.) A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
	noun (n.) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
	noun (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
	noun (n.) The chamber of a blast furnace.

shafted	adjective (a.) Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
	adjective (a.) Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.

shafting

noun (n.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

shaftman

noun (n.) Alt. of Shaftment

shaftment

noun (n.) A measure of about six inches.

shag	noun (n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
	noun (n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
	noun (n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
	noun (n.) Any species of cormorant.
	adjective (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
	verb (v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

shagging

noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shag

shagbark	noun (n.) A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory.
	noun (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

shagebush

noun (n.) A sackbut.

shagged	adjective (a.) Shaggy; rough.
	(imp. & p. p.) of Shag

shagginess

noun (n.) The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

shaggy	noun (n.) Rough with long hair or wool.
	noun (n.) Rough; rugged; jaggy.

shagreen	noun (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
	noun (n.) The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
	adjective (a.) Alt. of Shagreened
	verb (v. t.) To chagrin.

shagreened	adjective (a.) Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
	adjective (a.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.

shah

noun (n.) The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.

shahin

noun (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

shaik

noun (n.) See Sheik.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHAM�A:

English Words which starts with 'sh' and ends with 'ia':

shepherdia

noun (n.) A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

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