8-letter words containing h, s, i, a
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coarsish — quite coarse
- cohabits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cohabit.
- crabbish — Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crashing — (intensifier) (esp in the phrase a crashing bore)
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- daishiki — dashiki
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- danishes — Plural form of danish.
- daphnias — Plural form of daphnia.
- dashikis — Plural form of dashiki.
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- deanship — Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: the dean of admissions. an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the dean of men. the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- dichasia — Plural form of dichasium.
- diehards — Plural form of diehard.
- digicash — (company) A company, started in April 1990, which aims to develop and license products to support electronic payment methods including chip card, software only, and hybrid.
- digraphs — Plural form of digraph.
- diphasic — having two phases; two-phase.
- dishabit — to dislodge
- disheart — Obsolete form of dishearten.
- dishoard — to put previously withheld (money) into circulation
- dishpans — Plural form of dishpan.
- dishrags — Plural form of dishrag.
- dishware — dishes used for food; tableware.
- dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- drabbish — Somewhat drab in colour.
- draffish — resembling draff
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarvish — Synonym of dwarfish.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- eat shit — to be humble or undergo humiliation
- echidnas — Plural form of echidna.
- eisenach — a city in central Germany, in Thuringia: birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach. Pop: 44 081 (2003 est)
- emphasis — Special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
- enchains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enchain.
- enravish — to enchant
- ephesian — of or relating to Ephesus
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- essayish — resembling an essay
- esthesia — Alternative spelling of aesthesia.
- esthonia — Estonia
- eucharis — any amaryllidaceous plant of the South American genus Eucharis, cultivated for their large white fragrant flowers
- ezechias — a king of Judah ?715–?687 bc, noted for his religious reforms (II Kings 18–19)
- faintish — Somewhat faint.
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.