8-letter words containing w, i, s, h
- shawties — a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- sherwani — a long coat closed up to the neck, worn by men in India
- shipworm — any of various wormlike marine bivalve mollusks that burrow into the timbers of ship, wharves, etc.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- show biz — show business.
- showgirl — a woman who appears in the chorus of a show, nightclub act, etc.
- showring — an area where animals are displayed for sale or competition
- showtime — the time at which an entertainment is scheduled to begin.
- shrewdie — a shrewd person
- shrewish — having the disposition of a shrew.
- sideshow — a minor show or exhibition in connection with a principal one, as at a circus.
- suchwise — in such a way or manner
- swadeshi — a political movement in British India that encouraged domestic production and the boycott of foreign, especially British, goods as a step toward home rule.
- swashing — Printing. noting or pertaining to a character having a swash: a swash letter.
- swathing — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
- sweetish — somewhat sweet.
- swelchie — the tidal race in the Pentland Firth
- swellish — stylish; resembling a 'swell'
- swishing — to move with or make a sibilant sound, as a slender rod cutting sharply through the air or as small waves washing on the shore.
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.
- switchel — a drink of molasses and water, plus ginger or rum; treacle beer
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- township — a unit of local government, usually a subdivision of a county, found in most midwestern and northeastern states of the U.S. and in most Canadian provinces.
- twinship — the condition of being a twin or twins
- unwished — unwished-for.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- wanhsien — Wade-Giles. Wanxian.
- wardship — guardianship; custody.
- warships — Plural form of warship.
- washings — the act of a person or thing that washes; ablution.
- waterish — somewhat, or tending to be, watery.
- weakfish — any food fish of the genus Cynoscion, as C. regalis, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
- weichsel — a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
- weighers — Plural form of weigher.
- welshing — Present participle of welsh.
- wet fish — fresh fish as opposed to frozen or cooked fish
- whammies — Plural form of whammy.
- whatsits — Plural form of whatsit.
- wheatish — (of the complexion) of the pale golden colour of ripe wheat; light brown.
- wheelies — Plural form of wheelie.
- wherries — Plural form of wherry.
- whiggish — of, relating to, or characteristic of Whigs or Whiggism.
- whiggism — the principles or practices of Whigs.
- whimpers — Plural form of whimper.
- whimsies — Plural form of whimsy.
- whingers — Plural form of whinger.
- whinnies — Plural form of whinny.
- whiplash — the lash of a whip.
- whipless — without a whip