8-letter words containing e, l, s, h, i
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- li hsueh — School of Law.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- lightest — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- milkshed — a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schimmel — a roan-coloured horse
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shelling — act of removing shell
- shelving — material for shelves.
- sherrill — a male or female given name, form of Shirley.
- shieling — a pasture or grazing ground.
- 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.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shipless — free of ships
- shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
- shirleen — a female given name, form of Shirley.
- shitless — If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless, they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored.
- shlemiel — an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right.
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- shrilled — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shriller — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- sidehill — a hillside.