8-letter words containing h, i, s, e
- 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.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- share in — receive part of
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shechina — the radiance in which God's immanent presence in the midst of his people, esp in the Temple, is visibly manifested
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheefish — inconnu (def 2).
- sheepish — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheeting — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shelling — act of removing shell
- shelving — material for shelves.
- shemitic — a Semite.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherriff — Robert Cedric, 1896–1975, English playwright and novelist.
- sherrill — a male or female given name, form of Shirley.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shieling — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shigella — any of several rod-shaped aerobic bacteria of the genus Shigella, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans and other warm-blooded animals.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shimmied — an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
- shin bet — the internal security service of Israel
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.