8-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- fleishig — (in the dietary laws) consisting of, made from, or used only for meat or meat products: a fleishig set of dishes; a fleishig meal.
- fleishik — (of food) containing or derived from meat or meat products and therefore to be prepared and eaten separately from dairy foods
- fleshier — Comparative form of fleshy.
- fleshily — with respect to flesh; in a fleshy manner
- fleshing — Present participle of flesh.
- flinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch.
- flirtish — Of the nature of, or characterizing a flirt.
- flitches — Plural form of flitch.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flushing — a flushed bird or flock of birds.
- fly-fish — to fish with artificial flies as bait.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- foolfish — filefish (def 1).
- frailish — reasonably frail
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- gaslight — light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- glitches — A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.
- glumpish — glum
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- goldfish — a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- googlish — Resembling or in the manner of Google.
- hailshot — small pellets of ammunition resembling hail when it is discharged and broadcast in all directions
- hairless — without hair; bald: his pink hairless pate.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- hamlisch — Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- haplosis — the production of haploid chromosome groups during meiosis.
- harelips — Plural form of harelip.
- hassling — a disorderly dispute.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- headsail — any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
- heelside — (board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.
- heiltsuk — a member of a coastal Native Canadian people living in British Columbia
- heirless — a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.