8-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- nuthouse — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- ocherous — any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments.
- ochreous — ocher.
- octopush — the game of underwater hockey, in which two teams attempt to push a weighted object along the floor of a swimming pool
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- onrushes — Plural form of onrush.
- ourinhos — a city in E Brazil.
- outblush — to blush more than or to exceed in rosy colour
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outflush — a burst of emotion
- outhauls — Plural form of outhaul.
- outhouse — an outbuilding with one or more seats and a pit serving as a toilet; privy.
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshone — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshoot — to surpass in shooting, as in accuracy or in number of shots made.
- outshout — to surpass (someone) in shouting; shout louder than.
- outsight — the ability to see and understand external things clearly.
- overlush — excessively lush
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- pishogue — sorcery; witchcraft; black magic.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- proudish — rather proud
- push off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- push-off — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- pushdown — a list in which the last item added is at the top
- pushover — Informal. anything done easily.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- rosebush — a shrub that bears roses.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roughish — rather rough: a roughish sea.
- roundish — somewhat round: a roundish man; roundish furniture.
- rum shop — a tavern or shop selling liquor.
- rush job — something created quickly, urgently, or without due care
- rush out — exit in a hurry
- rushmore — Mount, a peak in the Black Hills of South Dakota that is a memorial (Mount Rushmore National Memorial) having 60-foot (18-meter) busts of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, carved into its face between 1927 and 1941, from a design by and under the direction of Gutzon Borglum. 5600 feet (1707 meters).
- rushwork — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- seahound — a dogfish
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shabuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shavuoth — a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses.
- shed out — to separate off (sheep that have lambed) and move them to better pasture