8-letter words containing b, e, s, h
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- mashable — Of a consistency suitable for mashing.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- mesh bag — bag made of netting
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- quasheba — (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was born, as the male and female names for Sunday (Quashee and Quasheba) Monday (Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba) Tuesday (Cubbena and Beneba) Wednesday (Quaco and Cuba or Cubba) Thursday (Quao and Abba) Friday (Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi) and Saturday (Quamin or Quame and Mimba)
- rheobase — the minimum electric current required to excite a given nerve or muscle.
- rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
- schnabel — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1882–1951, Austrian pianist.
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schwaben — German name of Swabia.
- seabeach — a beach lying along a sea or ocean.
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shabelle — Webi Shebeli.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- sharable — the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- she-bear — a female bear
- sherbert — a frozen fruit-flavored mixture, similar to an ice, but with milk, egg white, or gelatin added.
- shin bet — the internal security service of Israel
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shoe box — cardboard box in which shoes are sold
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- 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.
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subphase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subshell — a group of electrons in an atom belonging to the same shell and also having the same azimuthal quantum number.
- subtheme — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- the bass — the lowest part in a piece of harmony
- the best — sb or sth superior to all others
- the bush — an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- washable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wishable — Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
- wishbone — a forked bone, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles, in front of the breastbone in most birds; furcula.