8-letter words containing a, s, i, g, h
- isograph — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laoighis — a county in Leinster, in the central Republic of Ireland. 623 sq. mi. (1615 sq. km). County seat: Port Laoighise.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- mishigas — Craziness; silliness; tomfoolery; nonsense.
- oghamist — Alternative capitalization of Oghamist.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- plashing — a gentle splash.
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- 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.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang 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.
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- 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.
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- 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.
- tightass — an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- tsinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- vagarish — vaguely or somewhat vagarious; relating to a whim
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.