8-letter words containing a, h, n
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- slangish — rather slangy
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- sneeshan — Scots word meaning pinch of snuff
- spanghew — to throw into the air
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- sun bath — deliberate exposure of the body to the direct rays of the sun or a sunlamp.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunshade — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- susannah — a feminine name
- swamphen — any of several large Old World gallinules varying from purple to white, all possibly belonging to the single species Porphyrio porphyrio.
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- synanthy — an abnormal fusion of two or more flowers
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synarchy — joint rule
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- szechwan — Sichuan.
- t'unghua — Tonghua.
- tab-hang — to eavesdrop
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tangshan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.