8-letter words containing s, h, y
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- salt hay — hay made up of salt grass, often used as fodder or as a mulch.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- sashayed — to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schlocky — schlock (def 1).
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- schmoozy — of or relating to schmoozing
- schmutzy — Slang. dirty; grimy.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- screechy — like or suggesting screeching.
- scrunchy — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shinnery — a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- 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.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- sissyish — rather effeminate
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- sixtyish — more or less sixty
- sky show — a fireworks display
- sky-high — very high
- 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
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoothly — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.