8-letter words containing s, h, r, e
- hebraist — a person versed in the Hebrew language.
- hebrides — a group of islands (Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides) off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2900 sq. mi. (7500 sq. km).
- hechsher — rabbinical approval of meats and other foods that comply with the ritual requirements of Jewish dietary laws, usually issued in the form of an endorsing mark or stamp on the products so approved.
- hecklers — Plural form of heckler.
- hectares — Plural form of hectare.
- heirless — a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter's death.
- heirship — the position or rights of an heir; right of inheritance; inheritance.
- hekhsher — hechsher.
- henroost — A place used by hens for roosting.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- heracles — Hercules (def 1).
- herakles — Hercules
- herbless — Destitute of herbs or vegetation.
- hercules — a hero noted for his great strength, courage, and for the performance of twelve immense labours
- herdless — Without a herd.
- herdsman — a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
- herdsmen — Plural form of herdsman.
- hereness — The property of being here; existence, dasein.
- heresies — Plural form of heresy.
- heretics — Plural form of heretic.
- herisson — A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
- heritors — Plural form of heritor.
- hernshaw — a heron.
- herodias — the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.
- heroines — Plural form of heroine.
- heroship — The character or personality of a hero.
- herrings — Plural form of herring.
- herschel — Sir John Frederick William, 1792–1871, English astronomer.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- hesperia — a poetic name used by the ancient Greeks for Italy and by the Romans for Spain or beyond
- hesperid — any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae; a skipper
- hesperus — an evening star, especially Venus.
- hetarism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hi-riser — a couch with two mattresses, one below the other on a separate frame, that is convertible into a double bed or two single beds
- high-res — high-resolution.
- highrise — (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
- hipsters — hipsters, Chiefly British. hiphuggers (def 2).
- his/hers — his or hers
- historie — Archaic spelling of history.
- hoarders — Plural form of hoarder.
- hoariest — Superlative form of hoary.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoarsest — Superlative form of hoarse.
- hoaxster — Alternative form of hoaxer (rare).
- holsters — Plural form of holster.
- honester — Comparative form of honest.
- honorees — Plural form of honoree.
- hoopster — a basketball player.
- hormesis — Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin.
- hormones — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.