8-letter words containing s, h
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.
- alphosis — absence of skin pigmentation, as in albinism
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- amakhosi — Plural form of inkhosi.
- ambushed — Simple past tense and past participle of ambush.
- ambusher — One who ambushes.
- ambushes — Plural form of ambush.
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amidship — in or toward the middle part of a ship or aircraft; midway between the ends.
- anaphase — the third stage of mitosis, during which the chromatids separate and migrate towards opposite ends of the spindle
- anchises — a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily
- anchusin — alkanet (sense 1) alkanet (sense 1c)
- anhingas — Plural form of anhinga.
- anthemis — a genus of aromatic herbs of the family Asteraceae, closely related to Chamaemelum and native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia
- antheses — Plural form of anthesis.
- anthesis — the time when a flower becomes sexually functional
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- antiphus — (in the Iliad) a Trojan ally, the son of Talaemenes and a nymph.
- antiship — (of a weapon) designed for attacking ships
- apathies — absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- aphasiac — pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
- aphetise — lose a vowel at the beginning of a word
- aphetism — The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable. For example, see squire.
- aphonous — without voice; voiceless
- aphorise — To create an aphorism.
- aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
- aphorist — a person who makes or uses aphorisms.
- aphthous — Of, or relating to aphtha.
- apophyse — Apophysis.
- aquashow — an exhibition of swimming and diving, often accompanied by music
- archaise — Standard spelling of from=non-Oxford.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- archaist — something archaic, as a word or expression.
- archives — Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archness — the quality of being arch, or saucily mischievous
- archways — Plural form of archway.
- archwise — like an arch
- arethusa — a North American orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, having one long narrow leaf and one rose-purple flower fringed with yellow
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- arthouse — a cinema which specializes in showing films which are not part of the commercial mainstream
- ash fall — a rain of airborne ash resulting from a volcanic eruption.
- ash flow — an avalanche of volcanic ash.
- ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- asharism — the classical synthesis of Islamic philosophical theology, formulated by al-Ashʿari.
- ashcroft — Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress
- asheboro — a town in central North Carolina.
- asherite — a member of the tribe of Asher.
- ashgabat — capital of Turkmenistan, in the SC part, near the Iranian border: pop. 411,000
- ashikaga — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns 1338–1573.