Name Report For First Name SHAMUS:
SHAMUS
First name SHAMUS's origin is Irish. SHAMUS means "supplanter". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with SHAMUS below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of shamus.(Brown names are of the same origin (Irish) with SHAMUS and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with SHAMUS - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming SHAMUS
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pyramus seamusRhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (mus) - Names That Ends with mus:
cadmus erasmus kadmus momus neotolemus polyphemus rasmus triptolemus calibumus isdemus maximus shemus artemusRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (us) - Names That Ends with us:
el-nefous enygeus caeneus cestus iasius lotus negus maccus dabbous dassous fanous abdul-quddus boulus butrus yunus dryhus thaddeus bagdemagus brademagus isdernus peredurus britomartus luxovious nemausus ondrus argus ambrosius batholomeus basilius bonifacius cecilius clementius egidius eugenius eustatius theodorus darius horus aldous brutus cassibellaunus guiderius lorineus ferragus marsilius senapus brus marcus seorus alemannus klaus abderus absyrtus acastus achelous aconteus acrisius admetus adrastus aeacus aegeus aegisthus aegyptus aeolus aesculapius alcinous alcyoneus aloeus alpheus amphiaraus amycus anastasius ancaeus androgeus antaeus antilochus antinous archemorus aristaeus ascalaphus asopus atreus autolycus avernus boethiusNAMES RHYMING WITH SHAMUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (shamu) - Names That Begins with shamu:
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shamay shamika shamraRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (sha) - Names That Begins with sha:
sha-mia 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 shawnaseaNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH SHAMUS:
First Names which starts with 'sh' and ends with 'us':
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 's':
salmoneus sanders santos saunders sawyers saxons scottas searlas searlus serapis sethos seumas sheshebens shreyas sik'is silas sileas silis sisyphus sketes socrates soredamors soterios stamitos starls stigols stiles struthers styes styles sulis symaethisEnglish Words Rhyming SHAMUS
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES SHAMUS AS A WHOLE:
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHAMUS (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (hamus) - English Words That Ends with hamus:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (amus) - English Words That Ends with amus:
| calamus | noun (n.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood. |
| noun (n.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. | |
| noun (n.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. |
| camus | noun (n.) See Camis. |
| hippopotamus | noun (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa. |
| hyoscyamus | noun (n.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. |
| noun (n.) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles. |
| ignoramus | noun (n.) We are ignorant; we ignore; -- being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill. The phrase now used is, "No bill," "No true bill," or "Not found," though in some jurisdictions "Ignored" is still used. |
| noun (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce. |
| inoceramus | noun (n.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. |
| mandamus | noun (n.) A writ issued by a superior court and directed to some inferior tribunal, or to some corporation or person exercising authority, commanding the performance of some specified duty. |
| ramus | noun (n.) A branch; a projecting part or prominent process; a ramification. |
| thalamus | noun (n.) A mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus. |
| noun (n.) Same as Thallus. | |
| noun (n.) The receptacle of a flower; a torus. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (mus) - English Words That Ends with mus:
| accismus | noun (n.) Affected refusal; coyness. |
| animus | noun (n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper. |
| bulimus | noun (n.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America. |
| betacismus | noun (n.) Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them. |
| chiasmus | noun (n.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence |
| cormus | noun (n.) See Corm. |
| noun (n.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached. |
| dedimus | noun (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. |
| euonymus | noun (n.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. |
| exophthalmus | noun (n.) Same as Exophthalmia. |
| ginglymus | noun (n.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle. |
| humus | noun (n.) That portion of the soil formed by the decomposition of animal or vegetable matter. It is a valuable constituent of soils. |
| inspeximus | noun (n.) The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant. |
| isthmus | noun (n.) A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland; as, the Isthmus of Panama; the Isthmus of Suez, etc. |
| lacmus | noun (n.) See Litmus. |
| larypgismus | noun (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening. |
| lithodomus | noun (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus. |
| litmus | noun (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein. |
| marasmus | noun (n.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. |
| minimus | noun (n.) A being of the smallest size. |
| noun (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes. |
| mittimus | noun (n.) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. |
| noun (n.) A writ for removing records from one court to another. |
| momus | noun (n.) The god of mockery and censure. |
| mus | noun (n.) A genus of small rodents, including the common mouse and rat. |
| nystagmus | noun (n.) A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs. |
| polyphemus | noun (n.) A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm. |
| primus | noun (n.) One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. |
| prodromus | noun (n.) A prodrome. |
| noun (n.) A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works. |
| rhythmus | noun (n.) Rhythm. |
| strabismus | noun (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye. |
| tenesmus | noun (n.) An urgent and distressing sensation, as if a discharge from the intestines must take place, although none can be effected; -- always referred to the lower extremity of the rectum. |
| thymus | noun (n.) The thymus gland. |
| adjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the thymus gland. |
| tilmus | noun (n.) Floccillation. |
| trismus | noun (n.) The lockjaw. |
| ulmus | noun (n.) A genus of trees including the elm. |
| vaginismus | noun (n.) A painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH SHAMUS (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (shamu) - Words That Begins with shamu:
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. |
| shaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shame |
| 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 SHAMUS:
English Words which starts with 'sh' and ends with 'us':
| shorlaceous | adjective (a.) See Schorl, Schorlaceous. |
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