8-letter words containing k, s, h, e
- hokiness — The state or condition of being hoky.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- hooknose — a curved nose; aquiline nose.
- hosecock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hot-desk — If employees hot-desk, they are not assigned particular desks and work at any desk that is available.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
- keeshond — one of a Dutch breed of small dogs having thick, silver-gray hair tipped with black and a tail carried over the back.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- keyholes — Plural form of keyhole.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- kithless — (obsolete) Not knowing anyone; having no acquaintances or family.
- klatches — Plural form of klatch.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.
- kvetches — Plural form of kvetch.
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- methinks — It seems to me.
- milkshed — a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- resketch — to sketch again
- sather-k — (language) Karlsruhe Sather. A sublanguage of Sather used for introductory courses in object-oriented design and typesafe programming. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackles — two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping
- shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shelduck — a sheldrake.
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.