8-letter words containing h, i, r, u
- proudish — rather proud
- puirtith — poverty
- punchier — punch-drunk.
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- queerish — Somewhat queer.
- quirkish — (archaic) Characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- rough it — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughish — rather rough: a roughish sea.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- run high — If people's feelings are running high, they are very angry, concerned, or excited.
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- scirrhus — a firm, densely collagenous cancer.
- 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
- squarish — approximately square.
- squirish — like or appropriate to a squire
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- surffish — surfperch.
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thurible — a censer.
- thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- ulbricht — Walter [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.
- ultrahip — extremely trendy or fashionable
- unbright — not bright
- uncipher — to decode; decipher
- unhairer — an instrument for removing hair
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- unthrift — an unthrifty person; a spendthrift
- urheimat — the primeval habitation of a people, especially the prehistoric homeland of the speakers of a protolanguage.
- urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- urushiol — a toxic, liquid, catechol derivative, the active irritant principle in several species of the plant genus Rhus, as in poison ivy.
- usher in — escort inside
- wharenui — An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
- yukaghir — a member of a Mongoloid people of northeastern Siberia.