8-letter words containing h, i, s, p
- pisshead — a drunkard
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- pithless — (of citrus fruit or peel) without any pith
- pixieish — a fairy or sprite, especially a mischievous one.
- plainish — rather ordinary-looking
- plashing — a gentle splash.
- plumpish — somewhat plump; tending to plumpness.
- plushily — in a plush manner
- pochismo — an English word or expression borrowed into Spanish; a Spanish word showing U.S. influence.
- poetship — the state or function of being poet
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polglish — informal Polish containing a high proportion of words of English origin
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- popeship — the office of a pope
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- priggish — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
- proudish — rather proud
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- psephism — (in ancient Athens) a proposition adopted by a majority vote in the public assembly
- psephite — any coarse rock, as breccia or conglomerate.
- pseudish — pretentious
- psyching — psych1 .
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- purplish — of or having a somewhat purple hue.
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- quippish — involving or characterized by quips
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rose hip — hip2 .
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- 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.
- sapphira — a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- sapphism — lesbianism.
- sapphist — a lesbian
- scampish — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scaphoid — boat-shaped; navicular.
- schepisi — Fred, full name Frederick Alan Schepisi. born 1939, Australian film director. His films include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Last Orders (2001), and The Eye of the Storm (2011)
- sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.