Nouns starting with S

• short account — Noun – English ～ a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own)
• short ribs — Noun – English ～ cut of beef containing rib ends near the sternum
• short line — Noun – English ～ a transportation system that operates over relatively short distances
• short division — Noun – English ～ the operation of division in which the sequence of steps is performed without writing them out
• short circuit — Noun – English ～ accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
• short bone — Noun – English ～ a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions
• short — Noun – English ～ the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
• short iron — Noun – English ～ an iron with a short shaft and pitched face; for hitting short high shots
• short — Noun – English ～ the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
• short order — Noun – English ～ an order for food that can be prepared quickly
• short sale — Noun – English ～ sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)
• Short's aster — Noun – English ～ perennial of southeastern United States having usually blue flowers
• shortage — Noun – English ～ an acute insufficiency
• shortage — Noun – English ～ the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
• shortbread — Noun – English ～ very rich thick butter cookie
• shortbread cookie — Noun – English ～ very rich thick butter cookie
• shortcake — Noun – English ～ very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream
• shortcoming — Noun – English ～ a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
• shortcut — Noun – English ～ a route shorter than the usual one
• shortener — Noun – English ～ any agent that shortens; "alcohol is a great shortener of life"

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