8-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
- chrismal — Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
- cichlids — Plural form of cichlid.
- clannish — If you describe a group of people as clannish, you mean that they often spend time together and may seem unfriendly to other people who are not in the group.
- clanship — an association of families under the leadership of a chieftain
- clashier — Comparative form of clashy.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- clerkish — Like or resembling a clerk.
- clinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clinch.
- cliquish — If you describe a group of people or their behavior as cliquish, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- clubbish — clubby
- clumpish — clumpy
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- complish — to accomplish
- coyishly — in a coyish manner
- culchies — Plural form of culchie.
- dalglish — Kenny, born 1951, Scottish footballer: a striker, he played for Celtic (1968–77) and for Liverpool (1977–89): manager of Liverpool (1985–91; 2011–12), of Blackburn Rovers (1991–95), Newcastle United (1997–98), and Celtic (2000): Scotland's most-capped footballer (102 appearances, 1971–86)
- dealfish — any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin
- delights — Plural form of delight.
- demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- denglish — a variety of German containing a high proportion of English words
- depolish — to remove the polish from (an object)
- devilish — A devilish idea or action is cruel or unpleasant.
- disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- dishevel — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dishfuls — Plural form of dishful.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- dolphins — Plural form of dolphin.
- drollish — somewhat droll
- dudishly — In a dudish manner.
- earlship — earldom (def 1).
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- enlights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enlight.
- enshield — to protect
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
- feeblish — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- filchers — Plural form of filcher.
- filefish — any of several flattened marine fishes of the family Monacanthidae, having an elongated head with a small mouth and small, spiny scales.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishkill — the sudden destruction of large quantities of fish, as by pollution.
- fishless — Without fish.
- fishlike — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fishline — a line attached to a fishhook used in fishing.