8-letter words containing i, n, h
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rhiannon — the wife of Pwyll who, accused of having eaten her son, was forced as a penance to carry people on her back until vindicated by her son's return.
- rhinitis — inflammation of the nose or its mucous membrane.
- rhodanic — of or relating to thiocyanic acid
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- richmond — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 sq. mi. (105,710 sq. km). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviation: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- richness — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- right on — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- right-on — exactly right or to the point.
- righting — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- rinehart — Mary Roberts, 1876–1958, U.S. novelist and playwright.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- roaching — Nautical. the upward curve at the foot of a square sail. (loosely) a convexity given to any of the edges of a sail; round.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- 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.
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- 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).
- saintish — resembling a saint
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salishan — a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
- sandfish — either of two scaleless fishes of the family Trichodontidae, of the North Pacific, that live in sand or mud.
- sandhill — a hill of sand, esp a dune on the seashore
- sandwich — a town in E Kent, in SE England: one of the Cinque Ports.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- scathing — bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- schizont — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) a cell developed from a trophozoite, which undergoes multiple fission to form merozoites.
- schwerin — a state in NE Germany. 8842 sq. mi. (22,900 sq. km). Capital: Schwerin.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- seething — to surge or foam as if boiling.
- sennight — a week.
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shadings — a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shang ti — the chief of the ancient Chinese gods.
- shanghai — to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- shaoxing — a city in NE Zhejiang province, in E China.
- share in — receive part of
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.