7-letter words containing h, u
- shakudo — a Japanese alloy of copper and gold having a dark bluish-purple colour
- shantou — a seaport in E Guangdong province, in SE China.
- shapeup — a system of hiring dock workers using a union hiring boss who selects the day's crew from a gathering of available workers
- sharaku — Tashusai [taw-shoo-sahy] /ˈtɔ ʃʊˈsaɪ/ (Show IPA), flourished 18th century, Japanese printmaker.
- shavuot — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shed up — to store (hay) in a shed
- shedful — the quantity or amount contained in a shed
- shiatsu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shiatzu — a Japanese massage technique that includes the use of acupressure.
- shikibu — Murasaki Shikibu.
- shikoku — an island in SW Japan, S of Honshu: the smallest of the main islands of Japan. 7249 sq. mi. (18,775 sq. km).
- shilluk — a member of a Nilotic people of Sudan.
- shimizu — a city in Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan.
- shin up — If you shin up a tree or a pole, you climb it quickly and easily, using your hands and legs to grip it.
- shipful — the amount a ship can carry or hold
- shoguns — the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- shopful — the contents of a shop.
- shot up — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- show up — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- shroudy — offering shelter
- shrubby — consisting of or abounding in shrubs.
- shu han — a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 221–63.
- shubert — Lee (Levi Shubert) 1875–1953, and his brothers Sam S. 1876–1905, and Jacob J. 1880–1963, U.S. theatrical managers.
- shucker — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shudder — to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.
- shuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- shulwar — loose, pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia.
- shunned — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunner — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunted — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- shunter — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- shushan — Biblical name of Susa.
- shusher — a person who tends to quieten others
- shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- shut it — Be quiet, stop talking
- shut of — rid of; free from
- shut up — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shut-in — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- shuteye — sleep.
- shutoff — an object or device that shuts (something) off: the automatic shutoff on a heater.
- shutout — an act or instance of shutting out.
- shutter — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shuttle — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- sichuan — a province in S central China. 219,691 sq. mi. (569,000 sq. km). Capital: Chengdu.
- sighful — mournful; sorrowful: a sighful ballad.
- slouchy — of or relating to a slouch or to a slouching manner, posture, etc.
- sloughi — a smooth-haired hound originating in Morocco
- sloughy — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- smashup — vehicle collision