8-letter words containing s, h
- bluebush — any of various blue-grey herbaceous Australian shrubs of the genus Maireana
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluntish — somewhat blunt
- blush-on — blusher (def 2).
- blushing — to redden, as from embarrassment or shame: He blushed when they called him a conquering hero.
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- boethius — Anicius Manlius Severinus (əˈnɪsɪəs ˈmænlɪəs ˌsɛvəˈraɪnəs). ?480–?524 ad, Roman philosopher and statesman, noted particularly for his work De Consolatione Philosophiae. He was accused of treason and executed by Theodoric
- bog rush — a blackish tufted cyperaceous plant, Schoenus nigricans, growing on boggy ground
- bone ash — the residue obtained when bones are burned in air, consisting mainly of calcium phosphate. It is used as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of bone china
- bonefish — a silvery marine clupeoid game fish, Albula vulpes, occurring in warm shallow waters: family Albulidae
- boobyish — stupid or silly
- bookshop — A bookshop is a shop where books are sold.
- boothose — a protective stocking or boot liner fashionable in the 17th century
- borghese — a noble Italian family whose members were influential in Italian art and politics from the 16th to the 19th century
- bosthoon — a boor
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- bradshaw — a British railway timetable, published annually from 1839 to 1961
- brahmins — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- brainish — impulsive or impetuous
- branches — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- branchus — a son of Apollo, given the power of augury by his father.
- brandish — If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.
- brassish — like brass; brassy
- breathes — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breeches — Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
- briskish — fairly brisk
- britches — breeches (sense 2)
- broadish — fairly broad
- broguish — having or tending to a brogue
- bronchus — either of the two main branches of the trachea, which contain cartilage within their walls
- brownish — Something that is brownish is slightly brown in colour.
- brush up — If you brush up something or brush up on it, you practise it or improve your knowledge of it.
- brush-on — fit to be applied with a brush: a brush-on paint remover.
- brushier — covered or overgrown with brush or brushwood.
- brushoff — an abrupt or rude dismissal, esp. in the phrase give (or get) the brushoff
- buckshee — without charge; free
- buckshot — Buckshot consists of pieces of lead fired from a gun when hunting animals.
- buddhism — Buddhism is a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering is by overcoming your desires.
- buddhist — A Buddhist is a person whose religion is Buddhism.
- bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
- bullshit — If you say that something is bullshit, you are saying that it is nonsense or completely untrue.
- bullshot — a cocktail of vodka and beef stock
- bulrushy — made of or resembling bulrushes
- bum-rush — to force one's way into; crash: to bum-rush a rap concert.
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bush lot — a tract of timberland
- bush pig — any of a genus (Potamochoerus) of wild African pigs that live in forested regions
- bush tea — a leguminous shrub of the genus Cyclopia, of southern Africa
- bush tit — any of several North American titmice of the genus Psaltriparus, which construct long, pendent nests.
- bush-hog — to clear (land) by using a bush hog.