8-letter words containing h, r, m
- 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.
- pichurim — a Brazilian laurel tree
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- ramallah — a town in the West Bank, serving as headquarters of the Palestinian National Authority. Pop: 51 000 (2005 est)
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- ranchman — a rancher.
- rawmaish — foolish or exaggerated talk; nonsense
- rehammer — to hammer again
- rehoboam — the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- resmooth — to make smooth again
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- rheotome — an interrupter of an electric current
- rhomboid — an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal.
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- rightism — conservatism, especially in politics.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- rush mat — a small piece of material made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus), which is put on the ground or floor for protection, decoration, or comfort
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- 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.
- 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
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- shawarma — roasted meat, as lamb or beef, cooked on a spit. a dish consisting of this meat, served wrapped in pita bread with tahini or hummus.
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- showroom — a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
- shrimper — a shrimp fisherman.
- skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoocher — to kiss.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- stramash — an uproar; disturbance.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- taghairm — a form of divination once practised in the Highlands of Scotland
- tamworth — a city in E Australia.
- teraphim — small images or other things representing household gods, used among ancient Semitic peoples
- the drum — the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum)