mongoose /mongˈ or mungˈgoos/

1. An Indian animal of the civet family, a great slayer of snakes and rats
2. Any other species of the genus Herpestes, including the ichneumon
3. A Madagascan lemur

• shorthand
• short-handed
• shorthands
• short-haul
• short head
• short-head
• short-headed
• short-heading
• short-heads
• shorthold
• shorthorn
• shorthorns
• short hundredweight
• shortie
• shorties
• shorting
• short iron
• short irons
• shortish
• short leet
• short leg
• short legs
• short-life
• shortlist
• shortlisted