8-letter words containing l, h, o, s
- polisher — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- psychol. — psychological
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- reschool — to school again; retrain
- schawlow — Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1981.
- schlocky — schlock (def 1).
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schooled — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selfhood — the state of being an individual person; individuality.
- 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.
- shadbolt — Maurice. 1932–2004, New Zealand novelist
- shalloon — a light, twilled woolen fabric used chiefly for linings.
- shallows — The shallows are the shallow part of an area of water.
- she-wolf — a female wolf.
- shedload — a very large amount or number
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- shillong — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- shipload — a full load for a ship.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- shloshim — the period of thirty days' deep mourning following a death
- shoaling — any large number of persons or things.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shoddily — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- shoeless — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoo-fly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shothole — a hole drilled in rock, coal, ore, etc., to hold explosives used in blasting.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shouldst — 2nd person singular past of shall.
- shoveled — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- shoveler — a person or thing that shovels.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- skelloch — a shriek
- slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
- slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- slopshop — a store at which cheap, ready-made clothing may be purchased.
- sloshing — to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.