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5-Letter Words That Start With: SHI

There are 27 5-letter words, 0 5-letter phrases and 0 5-letter abbr's that start with SHI.

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shirk5
12 verb, nounv, n
verb

• avoid (one's assigned duties)

• avoid dealing with

shift5
11 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an event in which something is displaced without rotation

• a qualitative change

• the time period during which you are at work

• the act of changing one thing or position for another

• the act of moving from one place to another

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time

• the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

• a woman's sleeveless undergarment

• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

verb

• make a shift in or exchange of

• change place or direction

• move around

• move very slightly

• move from one setting or context to another

• change in quality

• move and exchange for another

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• move abruptly

• use a shift key on a keyboard

• change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change

• change gears

• lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

shiny5
11 adjectiveadj
adjective

• having a shiny surface or coating

adjective satellite

• reflecting light

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

shiva5
11 nounn
noun

• the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon

• (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative

shive5
11 nounn
noun

• A slice, especially of bread.

• A sheave.

• A beam or plank of split wood.

• A flat, wide cork for plugging a large hole or closing a wide-mouthed bottle.

• A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching

• A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.

• A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.

• (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.

• A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).

• A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

• A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative.

shivs5
11 nounn
noun

• a knife used as a weapon

shily5
11 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
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ships5
10 verb, nounv, n
noun

• a vessel that carries passengers or freight

verb

• transport commercially

• hire for work on a ship

• go on board

• travel by ship

• place on board a ship

shims5
10 nounn
noun

• a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices

shied5
9 verbv
adjective

• lacking self-confidence

noun

• a quick throw

adjective satellite

• short

• wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things

verb

• start suddenly, as from fright

• throw quickly

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