8-letter words containing h, u, i
- punching — a tool or machine for perforating or stamping materials, driving nails, etc.
- 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.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- queerish — Somewhat queer.
- qui nhon — a seaport in SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea coast.
- quippish — involving or characterized by quips
- quirkish — (archaic) Characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- rough it — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughish — rather rough: a roughish sea.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- run high — If people's feelings are running high, they are very angry, concerned, or excited.
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ruthenia — a former province in E Czechoslovakia.
- ruthenic — containing ruthenium in a higher valence state than the corresponding ruthenious compound.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- scirrhus — a firm, densely collagenous cancer.
- scumfish — to disgust or to stifle
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- shidduch — an arranged marriage
- shift up — When you shift up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- shih tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- shih-tzu — one of a Tibetan breed of toy dogs having a long luxurious coat of any color, formerly bred in imperial China as a pet of the nobility.
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- 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
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- silphium — an American flowering wild plant of the family Asteraceae
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- sluggish — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- slushily — in a slushy manner
- sluttish — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snubbish — somewhat snub
- solihull — a borough in West Midlands, England, near Birmingham.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- squamish — a member of a North American Indian people of the southwestern coast of British Columbia.