8-letter words containing s, o, t, h, e
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- outshine — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshone — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- overshot — driven over the top of, as by water passing over from above.
- pathoses — a diseased condition.
- pesthole — a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease.
- pet shop — a shop selling animals intended as pets
- phaseout — an act or instance of phasing out; planned discontinuation or expiration.
- phoniest — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- photoset — photocompose.
- poetship — the state or function of being poet
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- prophets — a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- rathouse — a psychiatric hospital or asylum
- redshort — (of metal, iron, steel, etc) to become brittle at red-hot temperatures
- resmooth — to make smooth again
- resought — to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- rheostat — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- roughest — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- scotched — scutch (defs 2, 4).
- scouther — to scorch or singe
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- set shot — a shot with two hands from a point relatively distant from the basket, in which a player stands still and shoots the ball usually from chest level.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- she-goat — a female goat
- shed out — to separate off (sheep that have lambed) and move them to better pasture
- sheraton — Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- shoetree — one of a pair of foot-shaped devices, usually of metal or wood, for placing in a shoe to maintain its shape when it is not being worn.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortest — having little length; not long.
- shothole — a hole drilled in rock, coal, ore, etc., to hold explosives used in blasting.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- smoothen — to make or become smooth
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- so there — You can add 'so there' to what you are saying to show that you will not change your mind about a decision you have made, even though the person you are talking to disagrees with you.
- soeharto — 1921–2008, Indonesian army officer and political leader: president 1967–98.
- softhead — a half-witted or silly person
- somewhat — in some measure or degree; to some extent: not angry, just somewhat disturbed.
- soutache — a narrow braid, commonly of mohair, silk, or rayon, used for trimming.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.