8-letter words containing h, i, m, e, s
- ischemic — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- isocheim — a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- isotherm — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- marishes — a marsh.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.
- mathesis — learning or wisdom, esp of a mathematical nature
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- mephisto — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephitis — (in nontechnical use) a noxious or pestilential exhalation from the earth, as poison gas.
- messiahs — Plural form of messiah.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- methysis — drunkenness
- mightest — (archaic) second-person singular simple past of may.
- mighties — Plural form of mighty.
- milkshed — a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishear.
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- misthrew — Simple past form of misthrow.
- mitscher — Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- murphies — Plural form of murphy.
- mushiest — resembling mush; pulpy.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- 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.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- 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.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- semihigh — moderately or fairly high
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shemitic — a Semite.
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.