8-letter words containing s, h, e, p
- epitaphs — Plural form of epitaph.
- epithets — An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- euphuism — An artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking.
- euphuist — One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; applied especially to a class of writers, in the age of w Elizabeth I, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.
- fireship — A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fleshpot — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- foreship — the prow or forepart of a ship
- furphies — Plural form of furphy.
- hampster — Alternative form of hamster.
- happiest — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- haruspex — (in ancient Rome) one of a class of minor priests who practiced divination, especially from the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice.
- heads-up — first in rank or position; chief; leading; principal: a head official.
- headship — the position of head or chief; chief authority; leadership; supremacy.
- heatspot — a spot on the skin or other surface produced by heat
- heelpost — a post made to withstand strain, forming or fitted to the end of something, as the post on which a gate or door is hinged.
- heeltaps — Plural form of heeltap.
- heirship — the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- helipads — Plural form of helipad.
- helistop — a heliport.
- helpdesk — Alternative spelling of help desk.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helpless — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- hempseed — the seed of hemp, used as food for birds.
- hencoops — Plural form of hencoop.
- henpecks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of henpeck.
- hepatics — Plural form of hepatic.
- heptoses — Plural form of heptose.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hesperus — an evening star, especially Venus.
- hexapods — Plural form of hexapod.
- hip size — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- hippiest — having big hips.
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- homespun — spun or made at home: homespun cloth.
- hoopless — without any hoops
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopheads — (slang) Plural form of hophead.
- hoplites — Plural form of hoplite.
- horsepox — a disease in horses caused by a virus and characterized by eruptions in the mouth and on the skin.
- hosepipe — (UK, South Africa, Southern US) A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids; a garden hose.
- hospices — Plural form of hospice.
- housepet — A domestic pet, one that lives mostly indoors.