8-letter words containing a, n, g, s, h
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shandong — a maritime province in E China. 59,189 sq. mi. (153,299 sq. km). Capital: Jinan.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- shangaan — a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine
- shanghai — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- shantung — Shandong.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- 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.
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- 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.
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- tangshan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China.
- tongshan — former name of Xuzhou.
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- tsinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- tungshan — Tongshan.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- whangees — Plural form of whangee.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.