8-letter words containing t, h, i, s
- shotting — the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- sidepath — a minor path
- sighting — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- sightsee — to go about seeing places and things of interest: In Rome, we only had two days to sightsee.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- siphonet — (of aphids) a small siphon on the abdomen by which an aphid emits sticky liquid
- sixtieth — next after the fifty-ninth; being the ordinal number for 60.
- sixtyish — more or less sixty
- skittish — apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- skylight — an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- 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.
- sluttish — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smartish — rather smart; fairly intelligent or quick-witted: smartish answers on a quiz.
- smash it — to execute a task exceptionally well
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smithing — a worker in metal.
- smithson — James, 1765–1829, English chemist and mineralogist.
- smoothie — a person who has a winningly polished manner: He's such a smoothie he could charm the stripes off a tiger.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- song hit — a song, usually a pop song, which is well known and which sold well when released. Also called a hit or a hit song.
- soothing — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sophists — (often initial capital letter) Greek History. any of a class of professional teachers in ancient Greece who gave instruction in various fields, as in general culture, rhetoric, politics, or disputation. a person belonging to this class at a later period who, while professing to teach skill in reasoning, concerned himself with ingenuity and specious effectiveness rather than soundness of argument.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- spitcher — the end or finish
- spithead — a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
- stablish — establish.
- standish — Burt L. pseudonym of Gilbert Patten.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- starship — a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.
- steepish — somewhat or a little steep
- steichen — Edward, 1879–1973, U.S. photographer.
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- stiltish — having a stilted quality
- stitcher — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stitches — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
- stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
- stoutish — rather stout.
- straicht — straight
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- stroheim — Erich von [er-ik] /ˈɛr ɪk/ (Show IPA), 1885–1957, U.S. actor and director, born in Austria.
- strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- studfish — either of two killifishes marked with orange spots, Fundulus catenatus (northern studfish) of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers and Ozark Mountains region, or F. stellifer (southern studfish) of the Alabama River.
- subright — Usually, subrights. subsidiary rights, as for a literary or dramatic property.
- sulphite — any salt or ester of sulphurous acid, containing the ions SO32– or HSO3– (hydrogen sulphite) or the groups –SO3 or –HSO3. The salts are usually soluble crystalline compounds