8-letter words containing a, s, h, u
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- headrush — A sudden feeling of euphoria, especially as a result of taking drugs.
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- hiatuses — Plural form of hiatus.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- honduras — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- horatius — (Publius Horatius Cocles) Roman Legend. a hero celebrated for his defense of the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscans.
- housecat — a domesticated cat kept as a pet.
- houseman — a male servant who performs general duties in a home, hotel, etc.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- humanics — the study of the nature or affairs of humankind.
- humanise — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanism — any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate.
- humanist — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- huntsman — the member of a hunt staff who manages the hounds during the hunt.
- husbands — Plural form of husband.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- inasmuch — To the extent that; insofar as.
- ischuria — Ischury.
- k'ai shu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- laughers — Plural form of laugher.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- macushla — darling.
- madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- manhunts — Plural form of manhunt.
- matchups — Plural form of matchup.
- meshugah — Alternative form of meshugge.
- meshugas — craziness
- meshugga — crazy; insane.
- mezuzahs — Plural form of mezuzah.
- mudbaths — Plural form of mudbath.
- mushaira — A poetic symposium in Pakistan or North India at which poets gather to perform their works, traditionally ghazals.
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- musquash — Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mut dash — a dash equal in length to one side of an em quad; em dash.
- nautches — Plural form of nautch.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.