8-letter words containing h, i, c
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- richweed — clearweed.
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- ricochet — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- 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.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- schepisi — Fred, full name Frederick Alan Schepisi. born 1939, Australian film director. His films include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Last Orders (2001), and The Eye of the Storm (2011)
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schiffli — a large, loomlike machine for embroidering textiles and working patterns in lace.
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schimmel — a roan-coloured horse
- 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.
- schizoid — Psychology. of or relating to a personality disorder marked by dissociation, passivity, withdrawal, inability to form warm social relationships, and indifference to praise or criticism.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- sci-tech — combining scientific and technical features: sci-tech culture.
- scirrhus — a firm, densely collagenous cancer.
- scomfish — to stifle
- scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
- scumfish — to disgust or to stifle
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- 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.
- 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
- shemitic — a Semite.
- shidduch — an arranged marriage
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- 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.
- sphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spitcher — the end or finish