8-letter words containing s, h
- charoset — a dish of chopped fruit, nuts, and wine eaten at Passover, representing the mortar that Jewish slaves used to build parts of Egypt
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- charters — Plural form of charter.
- chartism — the principles of the reform movement in Britain from 1838 to 1848, which included manhood suffrage, payment of Members of Parliament, equal electoral districts, annual parliaments, voting by ballot, and the abolition of property qualifications for MPs
- chartist — a stock market specialist who analyses and predicts market trends from graphs of recent price and volume movements of selected securities
- chartres — a city in NW France: Gothic cathedral; market town. Pop: 41 588 (2006)
- chase up — If you chase up something that is needed or needs dealing with, you find it or find out what is being done about it.
- chasible — Alternative form of chasuble.
- chasidic — Hasid.
- chasidim — Hasidim
- chasings — a design chased on metal.
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chastens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chasten.
- chastest — Superlative form of chaste.
- chasting — Present participle of chast.
- chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
- chastize — Alternative form of chastise.
- chasuble — a long sleeveless outer vestment worn by a priest when celebrating Mass
- chatfest — (informal) A talkfest.
- chattels — Plural form of chattel.
- chatters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chatter.
- chausses — a tight-fitting medieval garment covering the feet and legs, usually made of chain mail
- chausson — Ernest [er-nest] /ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1855–99, French composer.
- cheapens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cheapen.
- cheapest — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheapish — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheaters — eyeglasses, esp. dark glasses
- checkers — a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
- checksum — a digit representing the number of bits of information transmitted, attached to the end of a message in order to verify the integrity of data
- checkups — Plural form of checkup.
- cheddars — Plural form of cheddar.
- cheerers — a shout of encouragement, approval, congratulation, etc.: The cheers of the fans filled the stadium.
- cheerios — Plural form of cheerio.
- cheesier — Comparative form of cheesy.
- cheesily — in a cheesy manner
- cheesing — the curd of milk separated from the whey and prepared in many ways as a food.
- cheetahs — Plural form of cheetah.
- chelates — Plural form of chelate.
- chemises — Plural form of chemise.
- chemists — Plural form of chemist.
- chemosis — (medicine) A chemically-induced swelling of the mucous membrane of the eye.
- chepstow — a town in S Wales, in Monmouthshire on the River Wye: tourism, light industry. Pop: 10 821 (2001)
- chequers — an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
- cheremis — Mari.
- cheroots — Plural form of cheroot.
- cherries — the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one-seeded smooth stone.
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- cheshire — a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)