8-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- shenzhou — any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft
- ship out — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.
- shootout — a gunfight that must end in defeat for one side or the other, as between gunfighters in the Old West, criminal groups, or law-enforcement officers and criminals.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- shot put — a field event in which a heavy ball or shot is thrown or put for distance.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shouldst — 2nd person singular past of shall.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shoutout — A shoutout is a public greeting to a named person, especially on the radio or on television.
- show out — to conduct a person out of a room or building by opening the door for him
- showjump — to take part in a showjumping competition
- shrouded — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shut off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shut-off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- sloebush — a bush on which sloes grow
- slothful — sluggardly; indolent; lazy.
- slouched — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sloughed — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snowbush — any of several ornamental shrubs having a profusion of white flowers, as Ceanothus cordulatus, of the buckthorn family, native to western North America.
- solihull — a borough in West Midlands, England, near Birmingham.
- soothful — truthful
- souchong — a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- southpaw — a person who is left-handed.
- southron — Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- squooshy — soft and squashy
- stoutish — rather stout.
- subchord — a part of a chord
- subepoch — an epoch or time period within another epoch or time period
- 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.
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- superhot — extremely hot
- taphouse — an inn or tavern where liquor for sale is kept on tap.