8-letter words containing k, i, s, h
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shirking — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shrinker — a person or thing that shrinks.
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shvernik — Nikolai [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1946–53.
- sighlike — resembling a sigh
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- skilfish — a sablefish, Erilepsis zonifer, of the North Pacific.
- skinhead — a baldheaded man.
- skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- skittish — apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- sky-high — very high
- skylight — an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suckfish — remora (def 1).
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- the sick — sick or ill people collectively
- thickest — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- thickset — set thickly or in close arrangement; dense: a thickset hedge.
- ticklish — sensitive to tickling.
- trickish — tricky.
- vaisakhi — an annual Sikh festival commemorating the founding (1699) of the Order of the Khalsa by Gobind Singh
- weakfish — any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- whiskers — whiskers, a beard.
- whiskery — whiskers, a beard.
- whiskeys — Plural form of whiskey.
- whisking — Present participle of whisk.
- workship — (archaic) workmanship.
- yokelish — Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.