8-letter words containing s, h, e, p
- punisher — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- rephrase — to phrase again or differently: He rephrased the statement to give it less formality.
- repolish — a repolishing, the action of polishing again
- reshaper — a person or thing that reshapes
- respighi — Ottorino [awt-taw-ree-naw] /ˌɔt tɔˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1936, Italian composer.
- rhapsode — in ancient Greece, a person who recited rhapsodies, esp. one who recited epic poems as a profession
- rose hip — hip2 .
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- sandheap — a heap of sand
- sapphire — any gem variety of corundum other than the ruby, especially one of the blue varieties.
- schepisi — Fred, full name Frederick Alan Schepisi. born 1939, Australian film director. His films include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Last Orders (2001), and The Eye of the Storm (2011)
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- 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
- sex shop — a store that sells products relating to sexual interests or activities.
- 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.
- sheepdog — a dog trained to herd and guard sheep.
- sheepish — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shepherd — a male given name.
- sheppard — Jack. 1702–24, English criminal, whose daring escapes from prison were celebrated in many contemporary ballads and plays
- shipless — free of ships
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- shipside — the area alongside a ship, as on a pier.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- 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.
- shrimper — a shrimp fisherman.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- sidepath — a minor path
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- siphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid