shoful
A Hansom cab.
Counterfeit money.

shofuls
plural of shoful

shortbed
A truck with a short bed.

shortbeds
plural of shortbed.

shortbow
A small bow that has a strong tension, and is usually about a meter tall.

shortbows
plural of shortbow

shortwall
A short wall of coal that is mined in a single slice.

shortwalls
plural of shortwall

shotcrete
concrete conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface

shotcretes
plural of shotcrete

shotel
An Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.

shotels
plural of shotel

shoulderbag
A bag worn on the shoulders.

shoulderbags
plural of shoulderbag

showbag
A themed bag of commercial merchandise, available at shows (fairs or carnivals) in Australia.

showbags
plural of showbag

showerhead
A perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather, sometimes in adjustable patterns.
A part of a coffeemaker for dispersing water evenly over the grounds.

showerheads
plural of showerhead

shtatol
A wax candle in a wooden holder, used in Erzya rituals.

shtatols
plural of shtatol

shunto
The annual wage negotiations, between employers and Japanese labor unions aiming to increase wages, occurring in spring.

shutoff
A valve used to turn something off.
The act of turning something off.

shutoffs
plural of shutoff

shyt
Filter-avoidance spelling of shit.

sialendoscope
an endoscope used in sialendoscopy

sialendoscopes
plural of sialendoscope

sickbag
A bag for catching vomit, often provided on aeroplanes in case of travel sickness.

sickbags
plural of sickbag

sidebox
A box placed alongside the main text in a book, etc. containing further related text.
A box set in the side of a theatre's auditorium.

sideboxes
plural of sidebox

siderography
A 19th-century process of reproducing steel-engraved designs for printing. The design is engraved on a steel block, then hardened and used to transfer a raised-image version to a steel roller under heavy pressure. The roller is then hardened and used as a die to impress duplicate images on printing plates for transferring to paper by the intaglio method.

sidespin
Rotation around a vertical axis that makes a ball or other object curve in flight.

sidespins
plural of sidespin

sidesplit
A split-level home whose split level is visible from the front elevation.
A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.

sidesplits
plural of sidesplit

sighthole
An eyehole in a furnace, a boiler, etc.

sightholes
plural of sighthole

sillcock
A faucet designed to be installed horizontally on the outside wall of a building, typically to attach a garden hose.

sillcocks
plural of sillcock

sillion
The thick, voluminous, and shiny soil turned over by a plow.

silvertone
A metallic silver colour, as used in some paints.

singletree
A bar behind draft animals and in front of a load, such as a wagon, that balances the load. Generally the animals are attached at the ends and the wagon or other load to a pivot in the middle of the singletree.

singletrees
plural of singletree

sinoscopy
The visual examination of paranasal sinuses using an endoscope.

siphoid
A siphon bottle.

siphoids
plural of siphoid

siphuncule
A tube that connects adjacent chambers in the shells of some cephalopods.

siphuncules
plural of siphuncule

sixtel
A keg that is one sixth of a barrel (5 1⁄6 gallons).

sixtels
plural of sixtel

siyum
A celebration held upon completing the reading of a unit of Judaic scripture; a graduation.

skar
A Tibetan unit of weight, equivalent to one hundredth of a srang.
A Tibetan monetary unit used in the first half of the 20th century.

skars
plural of skar

skipful
Synonym of skipload.

skipfuls
plural of skipful

skipload
Enough to fill a skip (rubbish container).

skiploads
plural of skipload

skipsful
plural of skipful

skittleball
A team sport in which players attempt to knock over the opposing team's skittle by throwing a ball.
The ball used in the game of skittles.

skittleballs
plural of skittleball

skooter
Synonym of scooter skirt.

skooters
plural of skooter

skoramis
A chamber pot.

skyaking
The extreme sport of skydiving in a kayak, so as to land on the water.

skylift
cable car

skylifts
plural of skylift

skyphomancy
Divination by means of cups or vases.

skyquake
An unexplained phenomenon that sounds like a thunderclap, cannon storm earthquake volcano or sonic boom coming from the sky, with no observable cause, heard in various countries around the world.

skyquakes
plural of skyquake

sledful
Enough to fill a sled.

sledfuls
plural of sledful

sledload
Synonym of sledful.

sledloads
plural of sledload

sledsful
plural of sledful

sleighbell
A bell on a sleigh.

sleighbells
plural of sleighbell

sleighful
As much as a sleigh will hold.

sleighfuls
plural of sleighful

sleighsful
plural of sleighful

slideflask
A biological culture vessel incorporated into a microscope slide.

slideflasks
plural of slideflask

slideware
Software that assists in the creation of digital slideshows.

slipcase
A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together.

slipcases
plural of slipcase

slood
Wheel track.

sloods
plural of slood

slowdown
A reduction in speed, or a decrease in the level of production, economic activity, etc.

slowdowns
plural of slowdown

sludger
A shovel for sludging out drains, etc.

sludgers
plural of sludger

slurve
A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if they were throwing a curve ball.

slurves
plural of slurve

smallcraft
A small vessel.

smallsat
A miniature artificial satellite.

smallsats
plural of smallsat

smokepipe
A pipe through which smoke is passed.

smokepipes
plural of smokepipe

smvt
Filter-avoidance spelling of smut.

snocksnarls
intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, etc. when carelessly handled

snowcoach
A coach (type of bus) equipped for travelling on snow.

snowcoaches
plural of snowcoach

snowracer
A kind of sled with a raised seat, runners, and steering wheel.

sociophysics
The study of social and political behavior using tools and concepts from physics and physical chemistry

sodbusting
The breaking up of land, as with a plough, for agricultural purposes.

softlifting
The purchasing of a single licensed copy of a software program and the loading of it on several machines, contrary to terms of agreement.

softplay
A purpose-built play area for children, usually indoors, consisting of padded surfaces, slides, ball pits, etc.

solenophage
Any solenophagous (feeding directly on blood vessels) organism

solenophages
plural of solenophage

soliformoviid
Any slime mould of the genus Soliformovum

soliformoviids
plural of soliformoviid

somatosensor
Any sensor that responds to external stimuli

somatosensors
plural of somatosensor

songtaew
Alternative spelling of songthaew.

songtaews
plural of songtaew

songthaeo
Alternative spelling of songthaew.

songthaew
A pickup truck converted into a shared taxi by the addition of a bench or row of seats along each side of the bed.

songthaews
plural of songthaew

soniscope
A sensor that uses high-frequency sound.

sonomicrometer
A micrometer used in sonomicrometry

sonomicrometers
plural of sonomicrometer

sonotube
A tube of compressed fibre into which wet concrete is poured in order to make columns or pillars

sonotubes
plural of sonotube

sonotubometry
The measurement of Eustachian tube function by placing a microphone in the ear and a source of sound within the mouth

soorkee
Brick dust used in making mortar.

soorky
Alternative form of soorkee.

sootbag
A bag of soot.

sootbags
plural of sootbag

sorrage
The blades of green corn, wheat or barley.

sortkey
A key (field or value) by which data items are sorted.

sortkeys
plural of sortkey

soundbank
A collection of sounds, especially of simulated instruments in MIDI.

soundbanks
plural of soundbank

soundtable
A thin surface covering the opening of the sound box of a string instrument, which vibrates and amplifies the sound produced by the instrument.