1. sweltering excessively hot and humid; marked by sweating and faintness
  2. shoulder bag a large handbag that can be carried by a strap looped over the shoulder
  3. shelter tent a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows
  4. shelterbelt hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
  5. shoulder bone either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings
  6. slithering moving as on a slippery surface
  7. cheddar pink mat-forming perennial of central Europe with large fragrant pink or red flowers
  8. shelter deck upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below
  9. faltering the act of pausing uncertainly
  10. paltering a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
  11. altering the sterilization of an animal
  12. shoulder pad protective garment consisting of a hard rounded pad worn by football players to protect their shoulders
  13. shoulder in push one's way in with one's shoulders
  14. perturbing causing distress or worry or anxiety
  15. sheldrake Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill
  16. sheltered protected from danger or bad weather
  17. striping the act of marking with stripes
  18. center punch make a small hole in something as a guide for a drill
  19. shoulder joint a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
  20. shoulder patch patch worn on the shoulder of a military uniform to indicate rank

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