8-letter words containing a, c, h, i, s
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hindcast — to test (a mathematical model) by observing whether it would have correctly predicted a historical event
- hispanic — Spanish.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- isochasm — a line on a map or chart connecting points where auroras are observed with equal frequency.
- isopachs — Plural form of isopach.
- isotachs — Plural form of isotach.
- issachar — a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 30:18.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- machairs — Plural form of machair.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- machismo — a strong or exaggerated sense of manliness; an assumptive attitude that virility, courage, strength, and entitlement to dominate are attributes or concomitants of masculinity.
- machoism — having or characterized by qualities considered manly, especially when manifested in an assertive, self-conscious, or dominating way.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- mashiach — the messiah
- mishnaic — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mismatch — to match badly or unsuitably.
- mispatch — to patch wrongly
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- ochozias — Ahaziah.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- rachises — Plural form of rachis.
- rachitis — rickets.
- richards — a male given name.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.