A Quiz In Which 'She' Appears

Answer: sheep

"Sheep," well, it turns out that they are pretty complex and plentiful. There are, it seems, well over two hundred breeds of sheep in the world. All sheep (ruminant mammals) have a thick coat of fleece and are extremely hardy with hoofs divided into two toes.

"Sheepskin" is what makes the inside of your slippers so comfortable and warm. "Sheepskin" refers to the hide of a sheep. There is an American card game, Moose, in which 'to pull a sheepskin' is a phrase which refers to tricking another player by putting down a misleading card for a particular play.

"Sheer" can be a verb for to swerve rather wildly, or it can refer to semi-transparent and flimsy materials. "Sheer" has as well a meaning grounded in architecture pertaining to ships.

"Sheet" may be a sheet of music, or of paper. It may also be what you put on your bed at night. It is additionally a village in Hampshire.

Answer: sheaf

A sheaf is a term used to describe the bundles of wheat, etc., after reaping. "Sheaf" also is a mathematical tool which is often abstract and technical. There is a river named Sheaf in South Yorkshire. Sheaf toss is the name of a sport with its competitive origins in Scotland.

Sheeting is the name of strong materials, cloth or metal, which make sheets.

Shegetz is a negative terms used by Jewish people to refer to a non-Jewish youth.

Sheuch in Scots dialect refers to a trough or a ditch.

Answer: shear

Shear is a kind of fault in rocks. As a verb, it is what shepherds do to sheep when removing the wool.

A sheik is the leader of an Arab village or family.

Sheradizing is quite technical. It is a process of heating steel or cast iron near zinc dust in order to produce what is called a "temperature diffusion bonding" with zinc.

Sherry is a fortified wine produced from white grapes associated with the Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera. In fact in order to be called sherry, it must come from what is called the Sherry Triangle, that is, a region between Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de la Barrameda, and El Puerto de Santa María. Not for the faint-hearted, after fermentation, the sherry is then fortified--with brandy.

Answer: sheave

A sheave is a device with a groove which can have a cable or a rope on its edge. It can be hung between supports in which case it is called a pulley.

Shehitah is the name of the Jewish method of ritual slaughter which is intended to make meat consumption more hygienic.

Sheath may refer to material covering a weapon, to a dress, to a structure which encloses, or to a means of contraception.

Sherpa is the name of people who live in highly mountainous regions in Nepal. In Tebetan, it means 'eastern people."

Answer: Sheba

Sheba is the name of a kingdom named both in the Old Testament and in the Qur'an. Its location most likely corresponds to Yemen, Ethiopia, and/or Eritrea. The name Sheba gained much fame based on the stories of the Queen of Sheba and her much-speculated-about interviews and questionings of King Solomon.

Shelta is the name of a language with about 80,000 speakers around the world. The language has many Irish speakers. It is spoken by people known as "The Travellers." It has been called a "secret jargon."

Shebat is a name of the eleventh month of the Jewish year (January/February), a New Year for figs and winter trees.

Answer: shee

There were two distinct types of Shee, also called Sidhe: the regular type and then the 'Sluagh Sidhe' who can fly around in the air at nighttime.

Shellback is a fond term used to designate sailors who have crossed the equator. Golden Shellback refers to that unique person who crossed the equator at the International Date Line.

Shellcracker is a sunfish, also known as chinquapin and yellow bream.

Shelleyan Orphan is an alternative British group of the 1980s and 1990s who named themselves after Shelley's poem, "Spirit of Solitude."

Answer: sheen

Sheen--There is Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen. The adjective 'sheen' refers to a glimmering shiny surface.

Shebeen is the name for a tavern or bar which illegally sells liquor.

Sheep-shank is a noun referring to a knot or arrangement which transiently shortens a rope.

Sheesh is what a person may say in mild or extreme annoyance.

Answer: sheepish

To have a sheepish grin means to be hesitant, bashful and full of a sense of awkward shame or misgiving. The phrase is linked to the idea that sheep are docile and meek.

Shell-shocked is to be overcome by something or traumatized.

Shem is the name of the oldest son of Noah

A shenanigan is a prank or good humored trick.

Answer: shearwater

Shearwater refers to a bird of the petrel family. Its name obviously comes from the way the wings seem to shear the water.

To shend is to make someone feel ashamed.

Sheika may be the wife of a sheik or the respected head of a big family or community.

Shebang is a rundown place of living.

Answer: Shelleyan

Sometimes, this adjective is spelled Shelleyesque. Percy Bysshe Shelley was a famous British romantic poet whose writing was often visionary. He was the husband of Mary Shelley, the author of "Frankenstein."

Sherpa is used to name the men who serve as guides in mountain expeditions in the Himalayas. Tenzing Norgay, along with Sir Edmund Hillary, climbed Mount Everest in 1953.

Shelby is the name of places, people and cars. Additionally, it also is the name of Superman's dog in in the TV show, "Smallville."

Shepherd is the person who takes care of sheep. It is also the name of a university in West Virginia.