8-letter words containing a, h, i, m, s
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- sam hill — hell (used especially in WH-questions as a mild oath expressing exasperation and usually preceded by in or the): Who in Sam Hill are you?
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- smallish — rather small.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smash it — to execute a task exceptionally well
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- squamish — a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern coast of British Columbia.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- xanthism — a condition of skin, fur, or feathers in which yellow coloration predominates
- yahooism — The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.