Air Shaft :: Air shaft () A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel..
Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..
Archmarshal :: Archmarshal (n.) The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony..
Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat..
Basking Shark :: Basking shark () One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species..
Bell-shaped :: Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
Countershaft :: Countershaft (n.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine..
Cover-shame :: Cover-shame (n.) Something used to conceal infamy.
Crosshatching :: Crosshatching (n.) In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle..