8-letter words containing s, h, e, t
- shothole — a hole drilled in rock, coal, ore, etc., to hold explosives used in blasting.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shtupped — to have sexual intercourse with.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shutters — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- shvartze — Yiddish: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. schvartze.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- sidepath — a minor path
- sightsee — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- sixtieth — next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
- sketcher — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- slathers — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoothen — to make or become smooth
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- snatched — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- snatcher — to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed by at).
- so there — You can add 'so there' to what you are saying to show that you will not change your mind about a decision you have made, even though the person you are talking to disagrees with you.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- spathose — spathaceous.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- spreathe — to chap
- stancher — staunch2 .
- stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- starched — a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- steepish — somewhat or a little steep
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- stemhead — the head of the stem of a vessel
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stephane — an ancient Greek headdress or crown often depicted in the statuary of various deities
- stephead — dropline.
- stephens — Saint, died a.d. c35, first Christian martyr.
- stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stoneham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.