5-letter words containing s, e, h
- sheer — transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings.
- shees — sídh.
- sheet — Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
- sheik — Also, shaikh, sheikh. (in Islamic countries) the patriarch of a tribe or family; chief: a term of polite address.
- shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
- shema — a liturgical prayer, prominent in Jewish history and tradition, that is recited daily at the morning and evening services and expresses the Jewish people's ardent faith in and love of God.
- shend — to put to shame.
- shent — to put to shame.
- sheol — the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- sherd — shard.
- sheva — a mark placed under a consonant in Hebrew writing to denote an absent vowel sound
- shied — simple past tense and past participle of shy2 .
- shiel — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shier — bashful; retiring.
- shies — bashful; retiring.
- shine — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- shire — a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 miles (596 km) long.
- shite — If someone describes something as shite, they do not like it or think that it is very poor quality.
- shive — a splinter or fragment of the husk of flax, hemp, etc.
- shlep — to carry; lug: to schlep an umbrella on a sunny day.
- shmek — a faint smell
- shoed — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shoer — a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- shoes — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shone — a simple past tense and past participle of shine1 .
- shore — Jane, 1445?–1527, mistress of Edward IV of England.
- shote — shoat (def 1).
- shove — to move along by force from behind; push.
- shred — a piece cut or torn off, especially in a narrow strip.
- shrew — any of several small, mouselike insectivores of the genus Sorex and related genera, having a long, sharp snout.
- shute — Nevil (Nevil Shute Norway) 1899–1960, British novelist and aeronautical engineer.
- shyer — bashful; retiring.
- sidhe — a mound or hill in which fairies live.
- sithe — to sigh
- soche — Wade-Giles. Shache.
- stech — to fill or gorge (one's stomach) with food.
- thens — at that time: Prices were lower then.
- these — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: this far; this softly.
- thesp — an actor
- thews — Usually, thews. muscle or sinew.
- those — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
- usher — James, 1581–1656, Irish prelate and scholar.
- welsh — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?
- wersh — tasteless; insipid
- whens — at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?
- whets — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- wheys — a milk serum, separating as liquid from the curd after coagulation, as in cheese making.
- whies — Plural form of why.
- whoes — Obsolete form of whose.