8-letter words containing i, s, h
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemlines — Plural form of hemline.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- heresies — Plural form of heresy.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hessians — Plural form of Hessian.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hevelius — Johannes (Johann Hewel or Hewelke) 1611–87, Polish astronomer: charted the moon's surface and discovered four comets.
- hex sign — any of various magical symbols of usually stylized design, as those painted on barns by the Pennsylvania Dutch for protection against evil spirits and now sometimes used for purely decorative purposes.
- hi-riser — a couch with two mattresses, one below the other on a separate frame, that is convertible into a double bed or two single beds
- hiatuses — Plural form of hiatus.
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- hidalgos — Plural form of hidalgo.
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- hidlings — in secret, secretly
- hidrosis — the excessive production of sweat.
- high sea — the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
- high-res — high-resolution.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
- highmost — highest
- highness — the quality or state of being high; loftiness.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- highspot — highlight
- hightops — Plural form of hightop.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hillsite — a location or site on the side or top of a hill.
- hillsman — A man who belongs to a tribe inhabiting the hills.
- hilltops — Plural form of hilltop.