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8-letter words containing a, i, r, h, e

  • overhair — the outer coat of an animal
  • papisher — a Roman Catholic
  • parhelic — of or like a parhelion or parhelia
  • parishen — a parishioner
  • perianth — the envelope of a flower, whether calyx or corolla or both.
  • pharisee — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
  • phreatic — noting or pertaining to ground water.
  • pierhead — the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
  • rachises — Plural form of rachis.
  • railhead — the farthest point to which the rails of a railroad have been laid.
  • rathripe — mature or ripe ahead of time
  • ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
  • rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
  • rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
  • rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
  • rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
  • rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
  • rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
  • rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
  • ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
  • 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.
  • sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
  • semiarch — a half arch.
  • semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
  • sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
  • seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • seraphim — a plural of seraph.
  • seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
  • shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
  • shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • share in — receive part of
  • shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
  • sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
  • sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
  • shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
  • shireman — a sheriff
  • shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
  • shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
  • sphairee — a game resembling tennis played with wooden bats and a perforated plastic ball, devised by F. A. Beck in 1961
  • tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
  • teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
  • theatric — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
  • thirlage — an obligation imposed upon tenants of certain lands requiring them to have their grain ground at a specified mill
  • thridace — a sedative made from lettuce juice
  • tracheid — an elongated, tapering xylem cell having lignified, pitted, intact walls, adapted for conduction and support. Compare vessel (def 5).
  • triphase — operating in three phases
  • unhairer — an instrument for removing hair
  • urheimat — the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
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