8-letter words containing h, u, e, s
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shrugged — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- shrunken — a past participle of shrink.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shuffler — a person who shuffles.
- shunless — unable to be shunned
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shutters — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- slouched — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- spherule — a small sphere or spherical body.
- squashed — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subphase — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- subshell — a group of electrons in an atom belonging to the same shell and also having the same azimuthal quantum number.
- subtheme — a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suchness — a fundamental, intrinsic, or characteristic quality or condition: seraphic indifference to the suchness of his surroundings.
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- sulphate — A sulphate is a salt of sulphuric acid.
- sulphide — A sulphide is a compound of sulphur with some other chemical elements.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- sunbathe — to take a sunbath.
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- sunshade — something used as a protection from the rays of the sun, as an awning or a parasol.
- sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- superhot — extremely hot
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.
- teahouse — a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.
- tecumseh — 1768?–1813, American Indian chief of the Shawnee tribe.
- thaddeus — one of the twelve apostles. Matt. 10:3.
- the bush — an uncultivated or sparsely settled area, esp in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada: usually covered with trees or shrubs, varying from open shrubby country to dense rainforest
- the push — dismissal, esp from employment
- the runs — diarrhoea
- thespius — the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.