8-letter words containing m, i, s, h, n
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- naismith — James, 1861–1939, U.S. physical-education teacher and originator of basketball, born in Canada.
- nephrism — chronic kidney disease, renal failure
- nihilism — total rejection of established laws and institutions.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- pashmina — a fabric or garment made from pashm, especially a shawl, wrap, or scarf.
- phrenism — one of the three vital forces, which are non-physical life forces. Phrenism is the thought force, as opposed to neurism, the nerve force, and bathmism, the growth force.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- shamanic — (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
- shamiana — a flat tent, canopy, or marquee used for parties or functions in India and often made of striped calico
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shamming — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shimming — a thin slip or wedge of metal, wood, etc., for driving into crevices, as between machine parts to compensate for wear, or beneath bedplates, large stones, etc., to level them.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shireman — a sheriff
- smashing — of, relating to, or constituting a great success: That composer has written many smash tunes.
- smishing — the practice of using fraudulent text messages to extract financial data from users for purposes of identity theft
- smithing — a worker in metal.
- smithson — James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- tinsmith — a person who makes or repairs tinware or items of other light metals.
- unmodish — passé, unfashionable
- womanish — womanlike or feminine.
- xanthism — a condition of skin, fur, or feathers in which yellow coloration predominates