8-letter words containing ah
- mahendra — (Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva) 1920–72, king of Nepal 1955–72.
- mahimahi — the dolphinfish, especially when used as a food fish.
- mahjongg — Alternative spelling of mahjong.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mahonias — Plural form of mahonia.
- mahratta — Maratha.
- mahratti — Marathi.
- mahzorim — Plural form of mahzor.
- 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.
- masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
- mastabah — Alt form mastaba.
- megahurt — (computer slang, rare) megahertz.
- megillah — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- mehitzah — a curtain or other divider that serves as a partition between the women's and the men's sections in Orthodox Jewish synagogues.
- memsahib — (formerly, in India) a term of respect for a married European woman.
- meneptah — Merneptah.
- menorahs — Plural form of menorah.
- meshugah — Alternative form of meshugge.
- messiahs — Plural form of messiah.
- mezuzahs — Plural form of mezuzah.
- mujtahid — a person who has been certified as capable of interpreting religious law.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- otaheite — former name of Tahiti.
- padishah — (often initial capital letter) great king; emperor (a title applied especially formerly to the shah of Iran, the sultan of Turkey, and to the British sovereign as emperor in India).
- pahoehoe — basaltic lava having a smooth or billowy surface.
- parashah — a portion of the Torah chanted or read each week in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
- pitahaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pooh bah — a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
- pooh-bah — a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
- racahout — a substance similar to chocolate prepared as either a food or drink and made from acorns and cocoa
- ramallah — a town in the West Bank, serving as headquarters of the Palestinian National Authority. Pop: 51 000 (2005 est)
- sahaptin — a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
- saharian — a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
- savannah — a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, especially on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.
- seahenge — a Bronze Age timber circle discovered off the coast of Norfolk in E England. Dating from 2050 bc, it is thought to have been used as a ceremonial site
- seahorse — small horse-like fish
- seahound — a dogfish
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shahadah — Islam. the Islamic profession of faith, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger”: the first of the Pillars of Islam.
- shehitah — the slaughtering of animals for food by a duly certified person in the manner prescribed by Jewish law.
- shekinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- siegbahn — Karl Manne Georg [kahrl mahn-nuh yey-awr-yuh] /kɑrl ˈmɑn nə ˈyeɪ ɔr yə/ (Show IPA), 1886–1978, Swedish physicist: Nobel prize 1924.
- surbahar — an Indian stringed instrument, larger than a sitar
- susannah — a feminine name
- ta'ziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- tacahout — an abnormal outgrowth on a tamarisk plant
- tahitian — of or relating to Tahiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
- tallulah — a town in NE Louisiana.