8-letter words containing sh
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kushitic — a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Somali, Oromo, and other languages of Somalia and Ethiopia.
- l-shaped — having the shape of the letter L
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- landwash — the foreshore, especially that part between high and low tidemarks.
- langshan — one of a breed of large, black or white, white-skinned Asiatic domestic chickens, having a single comb and feathered shanks and producing dark-brown eggs.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- lashless — Without eyelashes.
- lavished — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishes — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- lewisham — a borough of Greater London, England.
- lightish — rather light in weight.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- lionship — The state of being a lion, or famous person in society.
- littlish — rather small
- liverish — resembling liver, especially in color.
- log ship — log chip.
- longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
- longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
- lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lumpfish — any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- lushness — (of vegetation, plants, grasses, etc.) luxuriant; succulent; tender and juicy.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- macushla — darling.
- maebashi — a city in the central part of Honshu, in central Japan.
- mageship — the role or office of a mage
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- marishes — a marsh.
- marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- marshals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of marshal.
- mashable — Of a consistency suitable for mashing.
- mashgiah — an inspector appointed by a board of Orthodox rabbis to guard against any violation of the Jewish dietary laws in food processing plants, meat markets, etc., where food presumed to be kosher is prepared or served for public consumption.
- mashiach — the messiah
- mashings — Plural form of mashing.
- mashloch — (Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
- mateship — the state of being a mate.