8-letter words containing sh
- hot shot — incandescent shot fired to set enemy ships or buildings on fire.
- hotshots — Plural form of hotshot.
- hushedly — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- ice fish — any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
- ice show — entertainment in which a company of ice skaters exhibit their skills to musical accompaniment.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- immeshed — enmesh.
- impishly — In an impish manner; mischievously.
- in shape — person: physically fit
- in short — having little length; not long.
- inmeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of inmesh.
- inmeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inmesh.
- inrushes — Plural form of inrush.
- inshrine — enshrine.
- inukshuk — A structure of piled stones, designed to resemble a humanoid figure and traditionally constructed by the Inuit.
- irishism — a custom, manner, practice, idiom, etc., characteristic of the Irish.
- irishize — to make Irish, as in character or custom; give an Irish character to.
- irishman — a man born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jackshit — Alternative spelling of jack shit.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jet wash — Aeronautics. the backwash caused by a jet engine.
- jim dash — a dash, often three ems long, used within a headline, between the headline and the main body of printed matter, between items in a single column, or between related but different material within a story.
- jingoish — Jingoistic.
- job shop — an agency or plant that supplies technical personnel or performs a specific function in a manufacturing process, usually on short-term temporary contracts.
- jobshare — an arrangement in which two or more people divide the duties and payment for one position between them, working at different times
- junkshop — A shop selling miscellaneous items of questionable value.
- k'ai shu — a variety of Chinese script developed in the 4th century a.d. and considered standard since that time.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- kedushah — a liturgical prayer of varying form that is incorporated into the third blessing of the Amidah during the repetition of this prayer by the cantor.
- keeshond — one of a Dutch breed of small dogs having thick, silver-gray hair tipped with black and a tail carried over the back.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kindship — The state, condition, or essence of being kind; kindness.
- kineshma — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Nizhni Novgorod.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- kingship — the state, office, or dignity of a king.
- kinshasa — People's Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 132,046 sq. mi. (341,999 sq. km). Capital: Brazzaville. Formerly French Congo, Middle Congo.
- kishinev — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- knackish — cunning or artful
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.