8-letter words containing h, e, c, s, r
- schirmer — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1829–93, born in Germany, and his sons Rudolph Edward, 1859–1919, and Gustave, 1864–1907, U.S. music publishers.
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- schooner — Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. See also ketch, topsail schooner, yawl1 (def 2).
- schröder — Gerhard (ˈɡerhɑt). born 1944, German Social Democrat politician; chancellor of Germany from 1998–2005
- schubert — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1797–1828, Austrian composer.
- schuller — Gunther, born 1925, U.S. composer, conductor, and music writer and educator.
- schuster — Leon. born 1951, South African comedian and film maker. His films include You Must Be Joking (1986) and Mr Bones (2001)
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scorched — slightly burned
- scorcher — a person or thing that scorches.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- screechy — like or suggesting screeching.
- seaperch — surfperch.
- 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.
- searcher — 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.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- sketcher — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- smoocher — to kiss.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- 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.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- stancher — staunch2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- thoraces — Anatomy. the part of the trunk in humans and higher vertebrates between the neck and the abdomen, containing the cavity, enclosed by the ribs, sternum, and certain vertebrae, in which the heart, lungs, etc., are situated; chest.
- trenches — Fortification. a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
- troches' — a small tablet or lozenge, usually a circular one, made of medicinal substance worked into a paste with sugar and mucilage or the like, and dried.
- watchers — Plural form of watcher.
- wretches — Plural form of wretch.
- yachters — Plural form of yachter.