7-letter words containing a, s, h
- sarnath — an ancient Buddhist pilgrimage center in N India, near Varanasi: Buddha's first sermon preached here; many ancient Buddhist monuments.
- sashimi — raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- satchel — Leroy Robert ("Satchel") 1906–82, U.S. baseball player.
- sawatch — a mountain range in central Colorado: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Elbert, 14,431 feet (4400 meters).
- sawfish — a large, elongated ray of the genus Pristis, living along tropical coasts and lowland rivers, with a bladelike snout bearing strong teeth on each side.
- saxhorn — any of a family of brass instruments close to the cornets and tubas.
- schacht — (Horace Greeley) Hjalmar [yahl-mahr] /ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1970, German financier: acting minister of national economy 1934–37.
- schaerf — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Austrian statesman: president 1957–65.
- schally — Andrew Victor, born 1926, U.S. physiologist, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1977.
- schappe — to remove sericin from (silk waste) by fermentation.
- schatzi — sweetheart; darling.
- schirra — Walter Marty, Jr [mahr-tee] /ˈmɑr ti/ (Show IPA), 1923–2007, U.S. astronaut.
- schisma — a musical term referring to a short interval of half a comma
- schmalz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- schmear — a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- schrank — (in Pennsylvania Dutch furniture) a two-door clothes cabinet one side of which has drawers and shelves and the other side an open space for hanging clothes.
- schuman — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1963, French political leader: premier of France 1947–48.
- schwann — Theodor [tey-oh-dawr] /ˈteɪ oʊˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1810–82, German zoologist.
- schwarz — Hermann Amandus [her-mahn ah-mahn-doo s] /ˈhɛr mɑn ɑˈmɑn dʊs/ (Show IPA), 1843–1921, German mathematician.
- scraich — to scream or screech
- scranch — to crunch
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- scrauch — to squawk loudly
- scythia — the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- sea hog — a porpoise.
- seahawk — a twin-engine, four-seat U.S. Navy helicopter used for surveillance, targeting, and antisubmarine warfare.
- seamoth — dragonfish (def 2).
- sempach — a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.
- senhora — a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- sephora — Zipporah.
- shaanxi — a province in N central China. 75,598 sq. mi. (195,799 sq. km). Capital: Xian.
- shabash — an expression meaning well done; bravo
- shabbas — Sabbath (def 1).
- shabbat — Sabbath (def 1).
- shabbes — Sabbath (def 1).
- shabble — a type of curved or crooked sword or sabre
- shabbos — Sabbath (def 1).
- shacked — to chase and throw back; to retrieve: to shack a ground ball.
- shacket — a yellowjacket or hornet.
- shackle — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackup — an instance of shacking up: The census people counted both marriages and shackups.
- shaddai — the Almighty; God.
- shadfly — mayfly (def 1).
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shading — the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- shadoof — a device used in Egypt and other Eastern countries for raising water, especially for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other.
- shadowy — resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- shaffer — Sir Peter. 1926–2016, British dramatist. His plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), Amadeus (1979), and The Gift of the Gorgon (1992)
- shafi'i — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by al-Shafiʿi.