8-letter words containing h, i, a
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- 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
- 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.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
- shireman — a sheriff
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shlimazl — schlimazel.
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shrieval — of, belonging to, or relating to a sheriff.
- sidehead — a heading or subhead run in the margin of a book or magazine.
- sidepath — a minor path
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- slangish — rather slangy
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- smallish — rather small.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smash it — to execute a task exceptionally well
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
- soapfish — any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- sphairee — a game resembling tennis played with wooden bats and a perforated plastic ball, devised by F. A. Beck in 1961
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- squamish — a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern coast of British Columbia.
- squarish — approximately square.
- sriracha — a hot condiment sauce made from red chilis, vinegar, sugar, garlic, and salt, used especially in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine.
- stablish — establish.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- straicht — straight
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- swadeshi — a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, especially British, goods as a step toward home rule.