8-letter words containing hu
- shunless — unable to be shunned
- shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shunting — the act or job of manoeuvring coaches
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- shut off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shut-off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- shutters — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shuttler — a person who weaves
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- solihull — a borough in West Midlands, England, near Birmingham.
- subhuman — less than or not quite human.
- subhumid — containing a high amount of water or water vapor; noticeably moist: humid air; a humid climate.
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- szechuan — Sichuan.
- t'unghua — Tonghua.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- the hump — a fit of depression or sulking (esp in the phrase it gives me the hump)
- thudding — a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
- thuggery — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thuggish — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thumbing — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
- thumbnut — wing nut.
- thumbpot — a tiny flowerpot
- thumping — of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
- thundery — thunderous.
- thurible — a censer.
- thurifer — a person who carries the thurible in religious ceremonies.
- thurmond — (James) Strom [strom] /strɒm/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, U.S. politician.
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thurston — a male given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “Thor's stone.”.
- thus far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- thusness — the state or quality of being thus or in a certain manner
- thuswise — in this way; thus
- thutmose — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- tohubohu — chaos; disorder; confusion.
- unchurch — to expel (a person) from a church; excommunicate.
- unhunted — not hunted
- vallhund — a breed of small herding dog, originally from Sweden
- wanchuan — Wade-Giles. former name of Zhangjiakou.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- whupping — to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.
- woodhull — Victoria Claflin [klaf-lin] /ˈklæf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1838–1927, U.S. social reformer, newspaper publisher, and women's-rights advocate.
- yinchuan — an administrative division in N China. 25,640 sq. mi. (66,400 sq. km). Capital: Yinchuan.
- zhuangzi — Chuang-tzu.