8-letter words containing i, h, r
- roughish — rather rough: a roughish sea.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- 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.
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sapphira — a woman who, with her husband, Ananias, was struck dead for lying. Acts 5.
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- schiller — Ferdinand Canning Scott [kan-ing] /ˈkæn ɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1937, English philosopher in the U.S.
- schirmer — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1829–93, born in Germany, and his sons Rudolph Edward, 1859–1919, and Gustave, 1864–1907, U.S. music publishers.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scirrhus — a firm, densely collagenous cancer.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shamshir — a curved Persian saber having one edge on the convex side.
- shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
- share in — receive part of
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sharpish — If you do something sharpish, you do it quickly, without any delay.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- sheering — to deviate from a course, as a ship; swerve.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherriff — Robert Cedric, 1896–1975, English playwright and novelist.
- sherrill — a male or female given name, form of Shirley.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shinnery — a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- shiralee — swag2 (def 2).
- shireman — a sheriff
- shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- shirleen — a female given name, form of Shirley.
- shirring — to draw up or gather (cloth or the like) on three or more parallel threads.
- shirting — any shirt fabric, as broadcloth or oxford.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shivaree — a mock serenade with kettles, pans, horns, and other noisemakers given for a newly married couple; charivari.