8-letter words containing s, h, y
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- holy see — Roman Catholic Church. the see of Rome; the office or jurisdiction of the pope.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homonyms — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- horsefly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- houseboy — houseman (def 1).
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- hushedly — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- hydroids — Plural form of hydroid.
- hydropsy — (formerly) edema.
- hydroski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- hydrosol — a colloidal suspension in water.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hylicism — the philosophy that the only thing that can be proven to exist is matter and that everything, including consciousness, is as a result of interaction with material things. Also called materialism
- hylicist — a philosopher specializing in matter
- hymettus — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hymnists — Plural form of hymnist.
- hymnless — having no hymn
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- impishly — In an impish manner; mischievously.
- isohyets — Plural form of isohyet.
- isohypse — (meteorology) A line on a map connecting points of equal height of a given pressure level.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- keyholes — Plural form of keyhole.