8-letter words containing n, i, s, h
- 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.
- snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
- sneakish — (of a person or action) somewhat or rather sneaky
- sniffish — haughtily disdainful; contemptuous: a sniffish dowager.
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snubbish — somewhat snub
- sondheim — Stephen (Joshua) born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.
- song hit — a song, usually a pop song, which is well known and which sold well when released. Also called a hit or a hit song.
- soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- sphenoid — being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- sphinges — a figure of an imaginary creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion. (usually initial capital letter) the colossal recumbent stone figure of this kind near the pyramids of Giza.
- sphingid — hawk moth.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- sunshine — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- sunshiny — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- swishing — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- synching — synchronization: The picture and the soundtrack were out of sync.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- technics — technique.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thingies — Facetious. any small item whose name is unknown or forgotten.
- thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- thinnest — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
- thinnish — somewhat thin.
- thisness — the state or quality of being 'this' rather than 'that' (used to distinguish one thing from another)
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- tin fish — a torpedo.
- tinglish — exciting
- tinsmith — a person who makes or repairs tinware or items of other light metals.
- tithings — a tithe.
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- tonishly — in a stylish or fashionable manner
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- tranship — transship
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- tsinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- twinship — the condition of being a twin or twins
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unfished — not used for fishing