8-letter words containing h, i, a
- sapphira — a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- sea fish — a fish that lives in salt water
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- shanghai — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- share in — receive part of
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sharpish — If you do something sharpish, you do it quickly, without any delay.
- shashlik — shish kebab.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- 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.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food