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8-letter words containing s, h, a, p

  • sea whip — a gorgonian coral that forms a flexible colony resembling shrubbery on the ocean floor.
  • seaperch — surfperch.
  • sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
  • seraphic — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • seraphim — a plural of seraph.
  • seraphin — a silver coin which formed the principal currency of Goa in the 16th century
  • shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
  • shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
  • shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
  • shape up — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
  • shape-up — an act or instance of shaping up.
  • shape_vc — A code management system which offers version control functionality similar to systems like RCS or SCCS with some extensions and a more Unix-like command interface.
  • shar pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • shar-pei — one of a Chinese breed of large muscular dogs having a distinctive wrinkly skin covered by a fawn to dark brown smooth coat, originally developed as a guard dog.
  • sharpest — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
  • sharpish — If you do something sharpish, you do it quickly, without any delay.
  • sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
  • sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
  • shin pad — A shin pad is a thick piece of material that you wear inside your socks to protect the lower part of your leg when you are playing a game such as football or rugby.
  • shipload — a full load for a ship.
  • shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
  • shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
  • sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
  • shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
  • 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.
  • sidepath — a minor path
  • slapdash — in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
  • slaphead — a bald person
  • slapshot — a very powerful, fast-moving shot of the puck on goal made with a full backswing of the stick and an extended follow-through.
  • smash up — destroy, break into pieces
  • smash-up — the act or an instance of smashing or shattering.
  • snappish — apt to snap or bite, as a dog.
  • snapshot — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • soapdish — a shallow container for a bar of soap, used in a bathroom
  • soapfish — any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
  • spa bath — whirlpool, jacuzzi, hot tub
  • spanghew — to throw into the air
  • spathose — spathaceous.
  • sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
  • sphairee — a game resembling tennis played with wooden bats and a perforated plastic ball, devised by F. A. Beck in 1961
  • spinachy — characteristic of spinach
  • spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
  • splasher — a person or thing that splashes.
  • spreathe — to chap
  • stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
  • starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
  • stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
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