8-letter words containing a, s, h, e, n
- 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.
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shedhand — a worker in a sheepshearing shed
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- 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
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- 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.
- skeechan — a beer of treacle and malt liquor
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- 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
- stancher — staunch2 .
- 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.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunshade — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- 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.
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- szechwan — Sichuan.
- tashkent — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- thatness — the state or quality of being 'that' or having existence
- the swan — the constellation Cygnus
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- uncashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- unchaste — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- undashed — lacking a dash or dashes
- unhalsed — not hailed or greeted
- unhearse — to remove from a hearse
- unphased — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- unsashed — not furnished with a sash
- unshaded — An unshaded light or light bulb has no shade fitted to it.
- unshaken — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.