8-letter words containing h, i, e
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- reeffish — any of several damselfishes, as Chromis insolatus, that live among reefs.
- refinish — to give a new surface to (wood, furniture, etc.).
- regolith — mantle rock.
- reinhold — a male given name.
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- restitch — 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.
- retching — to make efforts to vomit.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
- rhaetian — of or relating to Rhaetia.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rheophil — (of organisms) liking flowing water
- rhetoric — (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- richesse — richness or wealth
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- richweed — clearweed.
- 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.
- rightest — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- rose hip — hip2 .
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- 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.
- 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.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- 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.
- 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.
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- semihigh — moderately or fairly high
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- sennight — a week.