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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

shopping basket
noun a handbasket to carry goods while shopping

shopping cart
noun a handcart that holds groceries while shopping

shopping list
noun a list of items to be purchased

shopping mall
shopping center noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; `a good plaza should have a movie house`; `they spent their weekends at the local malls`

shopworn
shopsoiled adjective worn or faded from being on display in a store; `shopworn merchandise at half price`

shore
shoring noun a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support

shore boulder
noun a boulder found on a shore remote from its place of origin

shore duty
noun naval service at land bases

shore leave
liberty noun leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

shore patrol
noun the military police of the navy

shore pine
lodgepole noun shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

Shorea
genus Shorea noun genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin

shorebird
shore bird noun any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

shoreline
noun a boundary line between land and water

shoring
shoring up noun the act of propping up with shores

short
shortsighted adjective lacking foresight or scope; `a short view of the problem`; `shortsighted policies`; `shortsighted critics derided the plan`; `myopic thinking`

short account
noun the aggregate of short sales on an open market

short and sweet(p)
adjective dealt with very quickly; to the point; `the conference was short and sweet`; `make your statement short and sweet`

short bone
os breve noun a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions

short circuit
noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

short covering
noun the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale

short division
noun the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out

short gastric artery
arteria gastrica breves noun several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

short hundredweight
centner 1 cental noun a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

short iron
noun an iron with a short shaft and pitched face; for hitting short high shots

short letter
line 4 billet noun a short personal letter; `drop me a line when you get there`

short line
noun a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances

short list
shortlist noun a list of applicants winnowed from a longer list who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chosen

short order
noun an order for food that can be prepared quickly

short pants
shorts noun trousers that end at or above the knee

short ribs
noun rib ends between the rib road and the plate

short sale
short selling noun sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)

short saphenous vein
noun a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the knee

short shrift
summary treatment noun a brief and unsympathetic rejection; `they made short shrift of my request`

short sleeve
noun a sleeve extending from the shoulder to the elbow

short story
noun a prose narrative shorter than a novel

short subject
noun a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature

short ton
ton 2 net ton noun a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

short wave
noun a radio wave with a wavelength less than 100 meters (a frequency greater than 3 megahertz)

Short`s aster
Aster shortii noun perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers

short-beaked
short-billed adjective having a short beak

short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis noun small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows

short-bodied
adjective having a relatively short body

short-dated
adjective of a gilt-edged security; having less than 5 years to run before redemption

short-eared
adjective having short ears

short-haired
adjective with short hair; `a short-haired dog`

short-handed
short-staffed adjective inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; `they`re rather short-handed at the moment`; `overcrowded and understaffed hospitals`

short-handled
adjective having a short handle

short-horned grasshopper
acridid noun grasshopper with short antennae

short-order
adjective of or relating to food that can be prepared quickly; `a short-order cook`

short-range
adjective limited to short distances; `short-range planes`; `a short-range shot`

short-run
short-term adjective relating to or extending over a limited period; `short-run planning`; `a short-term lease`; `short-term credit`

short-snouted
adjective having a snout that is shorter than average

short-spurred
adjective of flowers have a short extension at the base of the corolla

short-spurred fragrant orchid
Gymnadenia odoratissima noun similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs

short-stalked
adjective of plants having relatively short stalks

short-staple cotton
noun cotton with relatively short fibers

short-stemmed
adjective having a short stem

short-tailed
adjective having a short tail

short-tailed shrew
Blarina brevicauda noun North American shrew with tail less than half its body length

short-term memory
STM noun what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it

shortbread
shortbread cookie noun very rich thick butter cookie

shortcake
noun very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream

shortcoming
noun a failing or deficiency; `that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information`

shortcut
cutoff noun a route shorter than the usual one

shortener
noun any agent that shortens; `alcohol is a great shortener of life`

shortening
noun act of decreasing in length; `the dress needs shortening`

shortfin mako
Isurus oxyrhincus noun very swift active bluish shark found worldwide in warm waters; important game fish

shortgrass
short-grass noun any of various grasses that are short and can tolerate drought conditions; common on the dry upland plains just east of the Rocky Mountains

shorthand
adjective written in abbreviated or symbolic form; `shorthand notes`

shortia
noun any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers

shortish
adjective somewhat short

shortleaf pine
short-leaf pine noun large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature

shortly
adverb for a short time; `he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive`

shortness
noun the condition of being short of something; `there was no shortness of money`; `can cause shortness of breath`

shortness
noun the property of being truncated or short

shortness of breath
SOB noun a dyspneic condition

shortstop
short noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

shortwave diathermy machine
noun a diathermy machine that uses short wave radiation as the source of heat

Shoshone
noun the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-Aztecan family)

Shoshonean
Shoshonean language noun a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States

shot
shaft 1 slam noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; `his parting shot was `drop dead``; `she threw shafts of sarcasm`; `she takes a dig at me every chance she gets`

shot glass
jigger noun a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey

shot hole
noun drill hole for a charge of an explosive

shot metal
noun an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shot

shot put
noun an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible

shot putter
noun an athlete who competes in the shot put

shot tower
noun tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water

shotgun
scattergun noun firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges

shotgun shell
noun a shell containing lead shot; used in shotguns

shoulder
berm noun narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

shoulder
articulatio humeri noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

shoulder bag
noun a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder

shoulder board
shoulder mark noun epaulets that indicate rank

shoulder flash
noun something worn on the shoulder of a military uniform as an emblem of a division etc.

shoulder girdle
pectoral arch noun the bony arch formed by the collarbones and shoulder blades in humans

shoulder holster
noun a holster worn over your shoulder so a gun can be concealed under your jacket

shoulder joint
articulatio humeri noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

shoulder pad
noun protective garment consisting of a hard rounded pad worn by football players to protect their shoulders

shoulder patch
noun patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank