Alternative spelling of short-term

The near future; a comparatively brief time period starting with the present moment (or other time of reference); the time in which immediate needs and goals are relevant.

Alternative spelling of shortfall

scarce, or difficult to find, or buy.

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Plain; unattractive.

(pharmacology) Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term.

plural of short division

(intransitive, or transitive with of) To have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains. / To be nearly used up or consumed.

(hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.

plural of short and