8-letter words containing c, h, i, s
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shemitic — a Semite.
- shidduch — an arranged marriage
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- spherics — Also, sferics. (used with a singular verb) a branch of meteorology in which electronic devices are used to forecast the weather and to study atmospheric conditions.
- sphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spitcher — the end or finish
- sriracha — a hot condiment sauce made from red chilis, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and salt, used especially in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
- straicht — straight
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- suckfish — remora (def 1).
- swelchie — the tidal race in the Pentland Firth
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- synching — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- technics — technique.
- the sick — sick or ill people collectively
- theistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- thickest — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- thickset — set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
- ticklish — sensitive to tickling.
- tochises — tokus.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- trickish — tricky.
- tristich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of three lines.
- unstitch — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- viscacha — a burrowing rodent, Lagostomus maximus, about the size of a groundhog, inhabiting the pampas of Paraguay and Argentina, allied to the chinchilla.
- weichsel — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- yachties — Plural form of yachty.