8-letter words containing s, a, h, r, n
- inhearse — (transitive) To place into, or as if into, a hearse or coffin.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- khanjars — Plural form of khanjar.
- manhours — Plural form of manhour.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- monarchs — a hereditary sovereign, as a king, queen, or emperor.
- narwhals — Plural form of narwhal.
- niarchos — Stavros Spyros [stahv-raws spee-raws] /ˈstɑv rɔs ˈspi rɔs/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, Greek businessman and shipowner.
- nishapur — a town in NE Iran: the birthplace of Omar Khayyám.
- orangish — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- parishen — a parishioner
- phrasing — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- rainwash — material eroded or swept away by rain.
- rashness — acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- romansch — a group of Rhaetian dialects spoken in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; an official language of Switzerland since 1938
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- sarpanch — the head of a panchayat
- seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- shankara — a.d. 789?–821? Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.
- shardana — a member of an ancient people of the eastern Mediterranean who served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and may have settled in Sardinia and Sicily.
- share in — receive part of
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharleen — a female given name.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shireman — a sheriff
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- staghorn — a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
- stancher — staunch2 .
- swanherd — a person who tends swans.
- synarchy — joint rule
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- torshavn — the capital of the Faeroe Islands, on the S tip of Streymoy Island.
- tranship — transship
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- trashman — a person who collects trash for removal in a truck.