5 letter words starting with sh

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  • SHACK
  • SHADE
  • SHADS
  • SHADY
  • SHAFT
  • SHAGS
  • SHAHS
  • SHAKA
  • SHAKE
  • SHAKO
  • SHAKT
  • SHAKY
  • SHALE
  • SHALL
  • SHALM
  • SHALT
  • SHALY
  • SHAMA
  • SHAME
  • SHAMS
  • SHAND
  • SHANK
  • SHANS
  • SHAPE
  • SHAPS
  • SHARD
  • SHARE
  • SHARK
  • SHARN
  • SHARP
  • SHART
  • SHASH
  • SHAUL
  • SHAVE
  • SHAWL
  • SHAWM
  • SHAWN
  • SHAWS
  • SHAYA
  • SHAYS
  • SHCHI
  • SHEAF
  • SHEAL
  • SHEAR
  • SHEAS
  • SHEDS
  • SHEEL
  • SHEEN
  • SHEEP
  • SHEER
  • SHEET
  • SHEIK
  • SHELF
  • SHELL
  • SHEND
  • SHENG
  • SHENT
  • SHEOL
  • SHERD
  • SHERE
  • SHERO
  • SHETS
  • SHEVA
  • SHEWN
  • SHEWS
  • SHIAI
  • SHIED
  • SHIEL
  • SHIER
  • SHIES
  • SHIFT
  • SHILL
  • SHILY
  • SHIMS
  • SHINE
  • SHINS
  • SHINY
  • SHIOK
  • SHIPS
  • SHIRE
  • SHIRK
  • SHIRR
  • SHIRS
  • SHIRT
  • SHISH
  • SHISO
  • SHIST
  • SHITE
  • SHITS
  • SHIUR
  • SHIVA
  • SHIVE
  • SHIVS
  • SHLEP
  • SHLUB
  • SHMEK
  • SHMOE
  • SHOAL
  • SHOAT
  • SHOCK
  • SHOED
  • SHOER
  • SHOES
  • SHOGI
  • SHOGS
  • SHOJI
  • SHOJO
  • SHOLA
  • SHONE
  • SHONK
  • SHOOK
  • SHOOL
  • SHOON
  • SHOOS
  • SHOOT
  • SHOPE
  • SHOPS
  • SHORE
  • SHORL
  • SHORN
  • SHORT
  • SHOTE
  • SHOTS
  • SHOTT
  • SHOUD
  • SHOUT
  • SHOVE
  • SHOWD
  • SHOWN
  • SHOWS
  • SHOWY
  • SHOYU
  • SHRED
  • SHREW
  • SHRIS
  • SHROW
  • SHRUB
  • SHRUG
  • SHTAR
  • SHTIK
  • SHTUM
  • SHTUP
  • SHUBA
  • SHUCK
  • SHULE
  • SHULN
  • SHULS
  • SHUNS
  • SHUNT
  • SHURA
  • SHUSH
  • SHUTE
  • SHUTS
  • SHWAS
  • SHYER
  • SHYLY

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:


Definition of sheaf

sheaf (noun)

  1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
  2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle.
  3. A bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer.
  4. A quantity of arrows, usually twenty-four.
  5. A sheave.
  6. An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

sheaf (verb)

  1. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves
  2. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Definition of sheik

sheik (noun)

  1. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
  2. An Islamic religious cleric; the leader of an Islamic religious order.
  3. (some Arab Gulf countries) An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
  4. (1920s) A romantic lover. (from the 1921 film The Sheik)
  5. An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
  6. An honorific for specialists in spirituality.

Definition of shift

shift (noun)

  1. A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).

shift (noun)

  1. A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
  2. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
  3. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
  4. The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
  5. A bit shift.
  6. The infield shift.
  7. (often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of kissing passionately.
  8. A contrivance, a device to try when other methods fail.
  9. A trick, an artifice.
  10. The extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
  11. A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
  12. A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
  13. In violin-playing, any position of the left hand except that nearest the nut.

shift (verb)

  1. (sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
  2. To change in form or character; swap.
  3. To change position.
  4. To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
  5. To change (clothes, especially underwear).
  6. To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.
  7. To change gears (in a car).
  8. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
  9. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
  10. To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
  11. To remove the first value from an array.
  12. To dispose of.
  13. To hurry.
  14. To engage in sexual petting.
  15. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
  16. To practice indirect or evasive methods.
  17. In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.

Definition of shura

shura (noun)

  1. A body that provides counsel to a leader