8-letter words containing i, s, o, h, e
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- orchesis — the art of dance
- orchises — Plural form of orchis.
- ornithes — birds considered collectively
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- poetship — the state or function of being poet
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- popeship — the office of a pope
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- rose hip — hip2 .
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- sopheric — relating to Jewish scribes
- sopherim — scribe1 (def 3).
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- spheroid — a solid geometrical figure similar in shape to a sphere, as an ellipsoid.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- the soil — life and work on a farm; land
- theories — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- theorise — to form a theory or theories.
- theorist — a person who theorizes.
- tochises — tokus.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- toughies — a tough person, especially one who is belligerent.
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- whoopsie — (British, childish) A piece of excrement.
- whoosies — whoosis.
- wineshop — a shop where wine is sold.