7-letter words containing m, a, s, h
- mayhaps — Maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance.
- mayhems — Plural form of mayhem.
- menasha — a city in E Wisconsin.
- mesarch — Botany. (of a primary xylem or root) developing from both the periphery and the center; having the older cells surrounded by the younger cells.
- meshach — a companion of Daniel.
- meshuga — crazy; insane.
- messiah — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- micheas — Micah (defs 1, 2).
- midrash — an early Jewish interpretation of or commentary on a Biblical text, clarifying or expounding a point of law or developing or illustrating a moral principle.
- mihrabs — Plural form of mihrab.
- mikvahs — Plural form of mikvah.
- mishaps — Plural form of mishap.
- mishave — (intransitive, reflexive) To misbehave or misconduct (oneself); do wrong.
- mishear — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishima — Yukio [yoo-kee-oh;; Japanese yoo-kee-aw] /ˈyu kiˌoʊ;; Japanese ˈyu kiˌɔ/ (Show IPA), (Kimitake Hiraoka) 1925–70, Japanese novelist and playwright.
- mishnah — the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
- mishuga — meshuga
- mithras — the god of light and truth, later of the sun.
- mitsvah — mitzvah.
- mohawks — Plural form of mohawk.
- morchas — Plural form of morcha.
- much as — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- mullahs — Plural form of mullah.
- mustagh — Karakoram (def 1).
- nasmyth — James. 1808–90, British engineer; inventor of the steam hammer (1839)
- phasmid — any insect of the order Phasmida, comprising the walking sticks and leaf insects.
- quamash — camass.
- quamish — queasy; having an upset stomach; qualmish.
- rammish — resembling a ram.
- rhamnus — a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
- romansh — a group of three Rhaeto-Romanic dialects spoken in E Switzerland. Compare Ladin (def 2).
- samadhi — the highest stage in meditation, in which a person experiences oneness with the universe.
- sambhur — a deer, Cervus unicolor, of India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and the Philippines, having three-pointed antlers.
- samhain — a festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the beginning of winter.
- samhita — Veda (def 2).
- samkhya — one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.
- sashimi — raw fish cut into very thin slices.
- schisma — a musical term referring to a short interval of half a comma
- schmalz — Informal. exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
- schmear — a dab, as of cream cheese, spread on a roll, bagel, or the like.
- schuman — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1963, French political leader: premier of France 1947–48.
- seamoth — dragonfish (def 2).
- sempach — a village in central Switzerland: Austrians defeated by Swiss 1386.
- shamash — the sun god of Assyria and Babylonia
- shamble — a shambling gait.
- shambly — characterized by awkward, lazy, or unsteady movements, esp in walking
- shamina — a wool blend of pashm and shahtoosh
- shaming — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- shammai — flourished 1st century b.c, Hebrew rabbi: founder of Beth Shammai, school of hermeneutics.
- shammer — a person who shams.