6-letter words containing i, s, h
- holism — Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Compare organicism (def 1).
- holist — Philosophy. the theory that whole entities, as fundamental components of reality, have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts. Compare organicism (def 1).
- homies — Plural form of homie.
- homish — Like a home; domestic; cosy.
- horsie — (childish) horse.
- hosein — Hussein (def 1).
- hosier — a person who makes or deals in hose or stockings or goods knitted or woven like hose.
- hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
- hostie — (obsolete, Catholicism) the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.
- houris — one of the beautiful virgins provided in paradise for all faithful Muslims.
- hsiang — a Chinese language spoken in Hunan province in southern China.
- hubris — excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.
- humism — the philosophy or principles of David Hume, especially his epistemological skepticism.
- husain — Hussein (def 1).
- hybris — hubris.
- hymies — Plural form of hymie.
- hyoids — Plural form of hyoid.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- ilheus — a seaport in E Brazil.
- immesh — enmesh.
- imnsho — IMHO
- impish — mischievous.
- inches — Plural form of inch.
- ingush — a member of a Sunni Muslim people living north of the Caucasus Mountains, closely related to the Chechen.
- inmesh — enmesh.
- inrush — a rushing or pouring in.
- inship — to travel or send by ship
- irtysh — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- isaiah — Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- ischys — a youth who was slain after committing an act of infidelity with Coronis, the beloved of Apollo.
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- isthmi — a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
- itches — Plural form of itch.
- jadish — (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
- jewish — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
- jhansi — a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.
- jihads — Plural form of jihad.
- josiah — Also, Douay Bible, Josias [joh-sahy-uh s] /dʒoʊˈsaɪ əs/ (Show IPA). a king of Judah, reigned 640?–609? b.c. II Kings 22.
- jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- kaishu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kashim — a building used by Eskimos as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.
- khakis — Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers/pants.
- kibosh — nonsense.
- kirsch — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kishka — Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kishke — Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
- kiswah — a decorative veil draped over the walls of the Kaʿba, now made of black brocade embroidered in gold with inscriptions from the Koran.
- kitsch — something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.