8-letter words containing d, a, s, e, h
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- o-shaped — resembling the rounded form of the letter O
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pisshead — a drunkard
- pthreads — POSIX Threads
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
- rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
- rhagades — linear cracks or scars found in the skin at the angles of the nose and mouth which are one of the later signs of congenital syphilis
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- sacheted — contained in a sachet
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sandshoe — a light tennis shoe; sneaker.
- sashayed — to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- seahound — a dogfish
- searched — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- seedhead — botany: cluster of seeds on a plant
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shadowed — of or relating to a shadow cabinet.
- shadower — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadwell — Thomas, 1642?–92, English dramatist: poet laureate 1688–92.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- sheathed — a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
- shedhand — a worker in a sheepshearing shed
- shedload — a very large amount or number
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- sidehead — a heading or subhead run in the margin of a book or magazine.
- sidepath — a minor path
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- slaphead — a bald person
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- sorehead — a disgruntled or vindictive person, especially an unsportsmanlike loser: Don't be such a sorehead, they won fair and square.
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- squashed — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stemhead — the head of the stem of a vessel
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stephead — dropline.
- sunshade — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.