8-letter words containing s, h, y, l
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- modishly — In a modish manner.
- mulishly — In a mulish manner.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- owlishly — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physiol. — physiological
- plushily — in a plush manner
- psychol. — psychological
- salt hay — hay made up of salt grass, often used as fodder or as a mulch.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schlocky — schlock (def 1).
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shoddily — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
- shoo-fly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- skylight — an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
- slightly — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slushily — in a slushy manner
- smoothly — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- thessaly — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- tonishly — in a stylish or fashionable manner
- toyishly — in a toyish or playful manner
- unflashy — not flashy
- volzhsky — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, near Volgograd on the Volga River.
- wealthys — a variety of red apple, grown in the U.S., ripening in early autumn.
- yinglish — English characterized by a large number of Yiddish words and expressions.
- yokelish — Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.