8-letter words containing s, h, i, t, a
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- shechita — the Jewish method of killing animals for food
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.
- shit-can — to dismiss from a job or position.
- shithead — a stupid, inept, unlikable, or contemptible person.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- sidepath — a minor path
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smash it — to execute a task exceptionally well
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- stablish — establish.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- straicht — straight
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- tachisme — action painting (def 1).
- tachiste — an artist who practises tachisme
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tarshish — an ancient country, of uncertain location, mentioned in the Bible. I Kings 10:22.
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- the axis — the alliance of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Japan, established in 1936 and lasting until their defeat in World War II
- thespiae — a city at the foot of Mount Helicon where, according to mythology, the Muses performed their games.
- thespian — (often lowercase) pertaining to tragedy or to the dramatic art in general.
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- tightass — an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person
- toadfish — any of several thick-headed, wide-mouthed fishes of the family Batrachoididae, as Opsanus tau (oyster toadfish) ranging along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- toiseach — an ancient Celtic nobleman
- tranship — transship
- trashing — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- triphase — operating in three phases
- tshiluba — Luba (def 2).
- tsinghai — a province in W central China. 269,187 sq. mi. (697,194 sq. km). Capital: Xining.
- tsushima — two adjacent Japanese islands between Korea and Kyushu: Russian fleet defeated by Japanese fleet 1905. 271 sq. mi. (702 sq. km).
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- whatsits — Plural form of whatsit.
- wheatish — (of the complexion) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.
- xanthism — a condition of skin, fur, or feathers in which yellow coloration predominates
- yachties — Plural form of yachty.
- zatishye — former name of Elektrostal.