8-letter words containing s, e, c, h, i
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fitchews — Plural form of fitchew.
- flinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch.
- flitches — Plural form of flitch.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- geschrei — a yell; shout.
- glitches — A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.
- grinches — Plural form of grinch.
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- homesick — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- hoochies — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- huisache — a tropical and subtropical New World shrub, Acacia farnesiana, of the legume family, having clusters of fragrant, deep-yellow flower heads.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- ice fish — any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- icehouse — a building for storing ice.
- ichnites — Plural form of ichnite.
- iphicles — a son of Alcmene and Amphitryon, the brother of Hercules.
- ischemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischemic — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- isocheim — a line on a map connecting points that have the same mean winter temperature.
- isochore — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- itchiest — Superlative form of itchy.
- kitchens — Plural form of kitchen.
- lachaise — Gaston [gas-tuh n;; French ga-stawn] /ˈgæs tən;; French gaˈstɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1935, U.S. sculptor, born in France.
- lachesis — the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- machines — Plural form of machine.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mitscher — Marc Andrew, 1887–1947, U.S. naval officer and aviator.
- munchies — crunchy or chewy. Informal. for snacking: munchy foods like popcorn and cookies.
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- orchesis — the art of dance
- orchises — Plural form of orchis.
- pastiche — a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources.
- pinchers — a gripping tool consisting of two pivoted limbs forming a pair of jaws and a pair of handles (usually used with pair of).
- pinscher — one of a group of related dogs including the Doberman pinscher, miniature pinscher, and affenpinscher.
- pistache — the nut of a Eurasian tree, Pistacia vera, of the cashew family, containing an edible, greenish kernel.
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.