8-letter words containing h, u, i
- squarish — approximately square.
- squirish — like or appropriate to a squire
- stoutish — rather stout.
- studfish — either of two killifishes marked with orange spots, Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish) of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and Ozark Mountains region, or F. stellifer (southern studfish) of the Alabama River.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subhumid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- suckfish — remora (def 1).
- 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
- sumphish — stupid, sulky
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- sunshiny — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- superhit — an extremely popular song, film, CD, play, etc
- surffish — surfperch.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- thespius — the founder of the city of Thespiae and the father, by Megamede, of 50 daughters, all of whom bore sons to Hercules.
- theurgic — a system of beneficent magic practiced by the Egyptian Platonists and others.
- thin out — diminish, dissipate
- think up — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thiourea — a colorless, crystalline, bitter-tasting, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, derived from urea by replacement of the oxygen with sulfur: used chiefly in photography, inorganic synthesis, and to accelerate the vulcanization of rubber.
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thudding — a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- thuggish — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thumbing — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- thurible — a censer.
- thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
- toughies — a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- toughish — somewhat tough.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- tz'u hsi — 1835–1908, empress dowager of China: regent 1862–73, 1875–89, 1898–1908.
- ulbricht — Walter [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1973, German Communist leader: chairman of the East German Council of State 1960–73.
- ultrahip — extremely trendy or fashionable
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- umquhile — (esp of a person now dead) former or previous
- unaching — not aching or painful
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unbright — not bright