6-letter words containing h, s, i, a
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- isaiah — Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- jadish — (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
- jhansi — a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.
- jihads — Plural form of jihad.
- josiah — Also, Douay Bible, Josias [joh-sahy-uh s] /dʒoʊˈsaɪ əs/ (Show IPA). a king of Judah, reigned 640?–609? b.c. II Kings 22.
- kaishu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kashim — a building used by Eskimos as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.
- khakis — Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers/pants.
- kishka — Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kiswah — a decorative veil draped over the walls of the Kaʿba, now made of black brocade embroidered in gold with inscriptions from the Koran.
- lakish — similar to the poetry of the Lake poets
- lamish — Somewhat lame.
- lashio — a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- lathis — Plural form of lathi.
- latish — somewhat or rather late.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- marish — a marsh.
- mashie — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mashie iron but less slope than a mashie niblick.
- mishap — an unfortunate accident.
- mishna — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- nashik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- naskhi — the cursive variety of Arabic script from which was derived the variety used in modern printed works.
- oafish — a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- odisha — a state in E India. 60,136 sq. mi. (155,752 sq. km). Capital: Bhubaneshwar.
- orisha — A divine entity that possesses the supernatural capability of reflecting some of the manifestations of Ol\u00f3d\u00f9mar\u00e8.
- palish — somewhat pale.
- papish — a Roman Catholic
- parish — an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
- phasic — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasis — a manner, stage, or aspect of being; phase.
- pisgah — Mount, a mountain ridge of ancient Moab, now in Jordan, NE of the Dead Sea: from its summit (Mt. Nebo) Moses viewed the Promised Land. Deut. 34:1.
- poisha — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Bangladesh, the 100th part of a taka.
- quashi — an unsophisticated or gullible male Black peasant
- rachis — Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- radish — the crisp, pungent, edible root of the plant, Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family, usually eaten raw.
- rakish — smart; jaunty; dashing: a hat worn at a rakish angle.
- rashid — a town in N Egypt, on the Nile delta
- ravish — to fill with strong emotion, especially joy.
- sahiba — respectful Indian term of address for a woman
- saithe — pollock.
- salish — a member of any of various North American Indian peoples speaking a Salishan language.
- sandhi — morphophonemic alternation, especially as determined by phonetic environment, as in dontcha for don't you.
- schipa — Tito [tee-taw] /ˈti tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Italian operatic tenor.
- shadai — the Almighty; God.
- shafii — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by al-Shafiʿi.
- shaikh — sheik (def 1).
- shairp — John Campbell ("Principal Shairp") 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.