8-letter words containing h, i, n
- shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- 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.
- sighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- 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.
- singlish — a variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- slangish — rather slangy
- slashing — a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- sloshing — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- smishing — the practice of using fraudulent text messages to extract financial data from users for purposes of identity theft
- smithing — a worker in metal.
- smithson — James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- sniffish — haughtily disdainful; contemptuous: a sniffish dowager.
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snubbish — somewhat snub
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- song hit — a song, usually a pop song, which is well known and which sold well when released. Also called a hit or a hit song.
- soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- sunshiny — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swishing — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- synching — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- tachinid — any of numerous flies belonging to the family Tachinidae
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- taizhong — Taichung.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.