8-letter words containing s, h, e, d, i
- finished — ended or completed.
- ghiordes — a Turkish rug characterized by an uneven pile produced by the Ghiordes knot.
- hagrides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hagride.
- handiest — superlative form of handy: most handy.
- hardiest — capable of enduring fatigue, hardship, exposure, etc.; sturdy; strong: hardy explorers of northern Canada.
- hasidean — Assidean.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headings — Plural form of heading.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hedonics — the branch of psychology that deals with pleasurable and unpleasurable states of consciousness.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hedonist — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hideouts — Plural form of hideout.
- hillside — a township in NE New Jersey.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- immeshed — enmesh.
- inmeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of inmesh.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- milkshed — a region producing milk for a specific community: the St. Louis milkshed.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- perished — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- pheidias — Phidias
- pie dish — a shallow dish that you cook pies in
- piershed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- pisshead — a drunkard
- polished — made smooth and glossy: a figurine of polished mahogany.
- pseudish — pretentious
- redshift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redshirt — a high-school or college athlete kept out of varsity competition for one year to develop skills and extend eligibility. a child held back from starting kindergarten for one year, the practice of which is believed by some parents to give the child academic, athletic, and social advantages.
- relished — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- rhodesia — (as Southern Rhodesia, ) a former British colony in S Africa: declared independence 1965; name changed to Zimbabwe, 1979.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- sephardi — a Jew of Spanish, Portuguese, or North African descent
- shadiest — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- sheading — any of the six subdivisions of the Isle of Man
- shedding — to pour forth (water or other liquid), as a fountain.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- sheridan — Philip Henry, 1831–88, Union general in the Civil War.
- shimmied — an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.