8-letter words containing a, s, h, o
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- showboat — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- showcase — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- 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.
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
- so what! — what importance does that have?
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- soapfish — any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soda ash — sodium carbonate (def 1).
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- soft hat — a hat made from soft rather than stiff and structured materials
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- soothsay — to foretell events; predict.
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- spathose — spathaceous.
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- stomachs — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- swagshop — a shop selling cheap goods
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- tarboosh — a tasseled cap of cloth or felt, usually red, that is worn by Muslim men either by itself or as the inner part of the turban.
- tea shop — a tearoom.
- teahouse — a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.
- thallous — containing univalent thallium.
- thanatos — an ancient Greek personification of death.
- the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.