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Sewers
- noun -
an underground conduit for carrying off drainage water and waste matter.
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer"; "pensions are in the toilet"
- someone who sews; "a sewer of fine gowns"
Shabus
- noun - an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Shacks
- noun - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida"
- move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly; "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Shades
- noun - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- a position of relative inferiority; "an achievement that puts everything else in the shade"; "his brother's success left him in the shade"
- a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
- a representation of the effect of shadows in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
- a slight amount or degree of difference; "a tad too expensive"; "not a tad of difference"; "the new model is a shade better than the old one"
- a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
- cast a shadow over
- pass from one quality such as color to another by a slight degree; "the butterfly wings shade to yellow"
Shafts
- noun - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- 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"
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- equip with a shaft
- handle
- obscene terms for penis
- the hollow spine of a feather
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
Shakes
- noun - a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker"
- building material used as siding or roofing
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
- get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
- grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract)
- move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
- move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
- move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"
- shake (a body part) to communicate a greet
Shales
- noun - a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
Shames
- noun - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"
- an unfortunate development; "it's a pity he couldn't do it"
- bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
- cause to be ashamed
- compel through a sense of shame; "She shamed him into making amends"
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
Shamus
- noun - a private detective
- someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
Shanks
- noun - a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
- cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
- hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction
- lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
- the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
- the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle