8-letter words containing a, l, h, i, s
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- sailfish — any of several large scombroid game fishes of the genus Istiophorus, such as I. albicans (Atlantic sailfish), of warm and tropical seas: family Istiophoridae. They have an elongated upper jaw and a long sail-like dorsal fin
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salishan — a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
- saltfish — salted cod
- 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?
- sandhill — a hill of sand, esp a dune on the seashore
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shashlik — shish kebab.
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- slangish — rather slangy
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- smallish — rather small.
- stablish — establish.
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- wishable — Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.