8-letter words containing h, e, r, i, n
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shinnery — a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shirleen — a female given name, form of Shirley.
- shrinker — a person or thing that shrinks.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- tarwhine — a bream, Rhabdosargus sarba, of E Australia, silver in colour with gold streaks
- the ring — the sport of boxing
- theremin — a musical instrument with electronic tone generation, the pitch and tone volume being controlled by the distance between the player's hands and two metal rods serving as antennas.
- thermion — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
- thirteen — a cardinal number, 10 plus 3.
- trephine — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triphone — a group of three phonemes
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- unhairer — an instrument for removing hair
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- usher in — escort inside
- vacherin — a soft French or Swiss cheese made from cows' milk
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- whingers — Plural form of whinger.
- whitener — a preparation for making something white, as a bleach, dye, or polish: a bottle of shoe whitener.