8-letter words containing s, h, i, b
- hautbois — hautboy.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- 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).
- hibachis — Plural form of hibachi.
- hibiscus — Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of Hawaii.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highbush — Being, or coming from, a bush of high stature (used in names of certain fruits, such as highbush blueberry and highbush cranberry).
- hipbones — Plural form of hipbone.
- his nibs — a mock title used of someone in authority
- hobbyism — the practice of pursuing a hobby
- hobbyist — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- hobnails — Plural form of hobnail.
- inhabits — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhibits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhibit.
- isobaths — Plural form of isobath.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- misbirth — An abortion.
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- semihobo — a person looking almost like a hobo
- shabbier — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shawabti — a figurine placed in an ancient Egyptian tomb to serve as a slave for the soul or as a substitute for the soul in performing forced labor.
- shin bet — the internal security service of Israel
- shinbone — the tibia.
- shoebill — a large, African, storklike bird, Balaeniceps rex, having a broad, flattened bill shaped somewhat like a shoe.
- show biz — show business.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snubbish — somewhat snub
- stablish — establish.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- subhumid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- subhyoid — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- subniche — a subdivision of a niche
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- umeboshi — a salty and tart Japanese condiment made from unripened plums pickled in a brine.
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- wishable — Capable or worthy of being wished for; desirable.
- wishbone — a forked bone, formed by the fusion of the two clavicles, in front of the breastbone in most birds; furcula.