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8-letter words containing e, s, h, r

  • phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
  • pharisee — a member of a Jewish sect that flourished during the 1st century b.c. and 1st century a.d. and that differed from the Sadducees chiefly in its strict observance of religious ceremonies and practices, adherence to oral laws and traditions, and belief in an afterlife and the coming of a Messiah.
  • pheresis — apheresis, especially plasmapheresis.
  • phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
  • physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
  • piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
  • pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
  • pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
  • polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
  • potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
  • precrash — of or pertaining to the period before a crash, esp of a motor vehicle; coming into effect or being deployed prior to a crash
  • preshape — to shape beforehand so as to be ready for use
  • preshave — a liquid preparation, usually containing alcohol, for applying to the face to dry the skin and beard before shaving with an electric razor.
  • prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
  • prophesy — to foretell or predict.
  • prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
  • pthreads — POSIX Threads
  • punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
  • purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
  • queerish — Somewhat queer.
  • rachises — Plural form of rachis.
  • rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
  • rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
  • ravisher — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
  • rechoose — to choose (something or someone) again
  • redhorse — any of several suckers of the genus Moxostoma, found in the fresh waters of North America, often having reddish fins.
  • redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
  • redshare — any red algae, esp one belonging to the genus Polysiphonia
  • redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
  • redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
  • redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
  • reeffish — any of several damselfishes, as Chromis insolatus, that live among reefs.
  • refinish — to give a new surface to (wood, furniture, etc.).
  • rehashed — to work up (old material) in a new form.
  • rehearse — to practice (a musical composition, a play, a speech, etc.) in private prior to a public presentation.
  • relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
  • rephrase — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
  • repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
  • reschool — to school again; retrain
  • research — to make researches; investigate carefully.
  • reshaper — a person or thing that reshapes
  • reshower — to shower again
  • resketch — to sketch again
  • resmooth — to make smooth again
  • resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
  • respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
  • restitch — 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.
  • 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
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