8-letter words containing s, h, a, y
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- horseway — a bridleway
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- pansophy — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- phantasy — fantasy.
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- salt hay — hay made up of salt grass, often used as fodder or as a mulch.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- sashayed — to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed