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There are 17 nine-letter words beginning with SHORT

SHORTAGES	• shortages n. Plural of shortage. • SHORTAGE n. an insufficient supply.
SHORTARSE	• shortarse n. (Slang, derogatory) A short person; someone of small stature. • short-arse n. (Slang, derogatory) Synonym of midget. • SHORTARSE n. (colloquial) a short person.
SHORTCAKE	• shortcake n. A sweet cake or biscuit (crumbly leavened bread) typically made with flour, sugar, salt, butter, milk… • shortcake n. A dessert made with such a cake, typically having layers of cream and fruit. • SHORTCAKE n. a brittle crumbling biscuit of flour, butter and sugar, also SHORTBREAD.
SHORTCUTS	• shortcuts n. Plural of shortcut. • shortcuts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shortcut. • short-cuts n. Plural of short-cut.
SHORTENED	• shortened v. Simple past tense and past participle of shorten. • SHORTEN v. to check or lessen the length.
SHORTENER	• shortener n. One who, or that which, shortens. • SHORTENER n. someone or something that shortens.
SHORTFALL	• shortfall n. An instance of not meeting a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation, or of having… • shortfall n. The amount by which a quota, debt, or monthly payment on a debt or other obligation is missed; the difference… • short-fall n. Alternative spelling of shortfall.
SHORTGOWN	• shortgown n. A bedgown for a lady. • SHORTGOWN n. (Scots) a woman's short jacket.
SHORTHAIR	• shorthair n. Any of several breeds of domestic cat with relatively short hair, slender body and large head. • SHORTHAIR n. a breed of domestic cat with a short thick coat.
SHORTHAND	• shorthand n. A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. • shorthand n. (By extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. • shorthand v. (Transitive) To render (spoken or written words) into shorthand.
SHORTHEAD	• short␣head n. (Horse racing) A distance of less than the length of a horse’s head. • SHORTHEAD n. a fish, a species of American redhorse.
SHORTHOLD	• shorthold adj. (UK, law) Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may… • shorthold n. A tenancy of this kind. • SHORTHOLD adj. of or being a tenancy of one to five years.
SHORTHORN	• shorthorn adj. Describing cattle that have distinctively short horns. • shorthorn n. One of a breed of cattle, originating in England, with distinctively short horns (in contrast to longhorn cattle). • SHORTHORN n. a breed of sheep.
SHORTLIST	• shortlist n. Alternative spelling of short list. • shortlist v. To place something on a short list. • short-list n. Alternative spelling of short list.
SHORTNESS	• shortness n. (Uncountable) The property of being short, of being small of stature or brief. • shortness n. (Countable) The result or product of being short. • shortness n. (Uncountable) The property of being short or terse.
SHORTSTOP	• shortstop n. (Baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. • shortstop n. (Figuratively) A nimble defender. • shortstop n. (Gambling) A player who is short of money.
SHORTWAVE	• shortwave adj. (Of radio waves) Having a wavelength of approximately 10 to 100 meters. • shortwave adj. (Of radio equipment) Capable of transmitting or receiving signals at such a wavelength. • shortwave n. An electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between approximately 10 and 100 meters, corresponding to…

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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