8-letter words containing a, d, r, s, h
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- hospodar — a former title of governors or princes of Wallachia and Moldavia.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- jarheads — Plural form of jarhead.
- madrasah — a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- orchards — Plural form of orchard.
- parishad — (in India) an assembly
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- pushcard — punchboard.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- richards — a male given name.
- roadshow — travelling entertainment
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadrach — a companion of Daniel who, with Meshach and Abednego, was thrown into the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar and came out unharmed. Dan. 3:12–30.
- shardana — a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- shraddha — one of several funeral rites performed at intervals after a death.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- thrashed — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- toadrush — an annual rush growing in damp lowlands
- unshared — not shared
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- warheads — Plural form of warhead.