8-letter words containing a, t, h, i
- saltfish — salted cod
- sapphist — a lesbian
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- sidepath — a minor path
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smash it — to execute a task exceptionally well
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- stablish — establish.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- straicht — straight
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- ta'ziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- tadzhiki — Tajiki
- taghairm — a form of divination once practised in the Highlands of Scotland
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- taiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tarakihi — a common edible sea fish of New Zealand waters
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- taxiarch — an Athenian commander in charge of a company of soldiers
- teach-in — a prolonged period of lectures, speeches, etc., conducted without interruption by members of the faculty and invited guests at a college or university as a technique of social protest.
- teaching — Informal. teacher.
- tealight — small candle floated in water
- teiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples