6-letter words containing s, h
- hymies — Plural form of hymie.
- hyoids — Plural form of hyoid.
- hypnos — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnus — Hypnos
- hypso- — indicating height
- hyssop — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Hyssopus, of the mint family, especially H. officinalis, native to Europe, having clusters of small blue flowers.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- ilheus — a seaport in E Brazil.
- immesh — enmesh.
- imnsho — IMHO
- impish — mischievous.
- inches — Plural form of inch.
- ingush — a member of a Sunni Muslim people living north of the Caucasus Mountains, closely related to the Chechen.
- inmesh — enmesh.
- inrush — a rushing or pouring in.
- inship — to travel or send by ship
- irtysh — a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Altai Mountains in China through NE Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation to the Ob River. About 1840 miles (2960 km) long.
- isaiah — Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- ischys — a youth who was slain after committing an act of infidelity with Coronis, the beloved of Apollo.
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- isthmi — a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
- itches — Plural form of itch.
- jadish — (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
- jarash — Jerash.
- jascha — a male given name, Russian form of Jacob or James.
- jerash — a town in N Jordan, N of Amman: Roman ruins.
- jewish — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Jews or Judaism: Jewish customs.
- jhansi — a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.
- jihads — Plural form of jihad.
- joseph — 1741–90, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1765–90 (son of Francis I; brother of Leopold II and Marie Antoinette).
- joshed — Simple past tense and past participle of josh.
- josher — A person who joshes or ridicules.
- joshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of josh.
- joshua — the successor of Moses as leader of the Israelites. Deut. 31:14, 23; 34:9.
- josiah — Also, Douay Bible, Josias [joh-sahy-uh s] /dʒoʊˈsaɪ əs/ (Show IPA). a king of Judah, reigned 640?–609? b.c. II Kings 22.
- jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- kadesh — oasis in the desert, south of Palestine: Gen. 14:7, 16:14; Num. 32:8; Deut. 1:46, 2:14
- kaishu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kasbah — the older, native Arab quarter of a North African city, especially Algiers.
- kasher — kosher.
- kashim — a building used by Eskimos as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.
- kensho — (sumo) prize money given to encourage rikishi by sponsors.
- khakis — Khaki-coloured/colored cotton trousers/pants.
- khalsa — a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.
- khanas — Plural form of khana.
- khlyst — a member of a rigorously ascetic Russian sect originating in the 17th century and believing that each successive leader of the sect was an incarnation of Christ.
- khonsu — a moon god worshipped esp at Thebes
- khoums — a coin and monetary unit of Mauritania, the 5th part of an ouguiya.