7-letter words containing h, i, l
- schlich — finely crushed ore of metals, such as gold, tin, or lead
- schlick — Moritz. 1882–1936, German philosopher, working in Austria, who founded (1924) the Vienna Circle to develop the doctrine of logical positivism. His works include the General Theory of Knowledge (1918) and Problems of Ethics (1930)
- selfish — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakily — tending to shake or tremble.
- shawlie — a working-class woman, esp one who wears a shawl
- shebeli — Webi [wey-bi] /ˈweɪ bɪ/ (Show IPA), Webi Shebeli.
- sheitel — a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- sheltie — Shetland pony.
- shibeli — river in E Africa, flowing from SE Ethiopia through Somalia into a swamp near the Juba River: c. 1,200 mi (1,931 km)
- shields — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shilled — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- shilluk — a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
- shilpit — (of a person) sickly; puny; feeble.
- shingle — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- shingly — consisting of or covered with shingle.
- shinily — in a shiny manner
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shiplap — an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- shirley — James, 1596–1666, English dramatist.
- shively — a city in N Kentucky, near Louisville.
- shizzle — a form of slang popularized by US rap musicians in which the trailing syllables of certain words are replaced by the suffix -izzle
- showily — in a showy manner.
- shrilly — high-pitched and piercing in sound quality: a shrill cry.
- shrinal — relating to a shrine
- shrivel — shrink, dry up
- sighful — mournful; sorrowful: a sighful ballad.
- sightly — pleasing to the sight; attractive; comely.
- sinhala — Sinhalese adjective
- sithole — Ndabaningi (əndabaˈnɪŋɡɪ). 1920–2000, Zimbabwean clergyman and politician; leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (1963–74). He was one of the negotiators of the internal settlement (1978) to pave the way for Black majority rule in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- slavish — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
- sleight — skill; dexterity.
- slights — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slither — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- sloughi — a smooth-haired hound originating in Morocco
- slowish — somewhat slow
- stylish — characterized by or conforming to style or the fashionable standard; fashionably elegant; smart or chic: She wore a very stylish gown to the inaugural ball.
- swahili — a member of a Bantu people of Zanzibar and the neighboring coast of Africa.
- sylphic — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- sylphid — a little or young sylph.
- tachiol — silver fluoride.
- tallish — rather tall.
- tallith — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- thalami — Anatomy. the middle part of the diencephalon through which sensory impulses pass to reach the cerebral cortex.
- thalian — of or relating to comedy
- thallic — of or containing thallium, especially in the trivalent state.
- theelin — estrone
- theiler — Max, 1899–1972, South African medical scientist, in the U.S. after 1922: Nobel Prize in medicine 1951.
- thickly — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.