8-letter words containing n, s, h
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- inshrine — enshrine.
- insights — Plural form of insight.
- insomuch — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- insphere — ensphere.
- inukshuk — A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit.
- inveighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inveigh.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- iserlohn — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia,W Germany.
- isochron — A line on a diagram or map connecting points relating to the same time or equal times.
- isophane — (uncountable, medicine) A synthetic form of insulin used to treat diabetes.
- isophone — an isogloss marking off an area in which a particular feature of pronunciation is found
- isthmian — of or relating to an isthmus.
- jingoish — Jingoistic.
- johannes — a gold coin formerly used as currency in Portugal, first issued in the early 18th century.
- johnnies — Plural form of johnny.
- johnsons — Plural form of johnson.
- johnston — Albert Sidney, 1803–62, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- keeshond — one of a Dutch breed of small dogs having thick, silver-gray hair tipped with black and a tail carried over the back.
- khamseen — Alternative spelling of khamsin.
- khanates — Plural form of khanate.
- khanjars — Plural form of khanjar.
- khansama — A male cook, who often also assumes the role of house steward.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- langshan — one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.