8-letter words with H in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter H is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of H in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how H in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| anything | 15 | - | - |
| together | 12 | with cooperation and interchange | we worked together on the project |
| thinking | 16 | endowed with the capacity to reason | - |
| whatever | 17 | one or some or every or all without specification | give me whatever peaches you don't want |
| children | 14 | - | - |
| daughter | 13 | a female human offspring | her daughter cared for her in her old age |
| straight | 12 | characterized by honesty and fairness | straight dealing |
| birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
| finished | 15 | brought to ruin | after the revolution the aristocracy was finished |
| laughing | 13 | showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness | laughing children |
| watching | 17 | the act of observing; taking a patient look | - |
| anywhere | 17 | at or in or to any place | you can find this food anywhere |
| thousand | 12 | denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | - |
| bullshit | 13 | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | - |
| fighting | 16 | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | review the fighting forces |
| bathroom | 15 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
| shooting | 12 | the act of firing a projectile | his shooting was slow but accurate |
| whenever | 17 | - | - |
| shouting | 12 | uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | - |
| laughter | 12 | the sound of laughing | - |
| shopping | 16 | searching for or buying goods or services | went shopping for a reliable plumber |
| wherever | 17 | where in the world | - |
| cheering | 14 | providing freedom from worry | - |
| changing | 15 | marked by continuous change or effective action | - |
| pathetic | 15 | inspiring scornful pity | - |
| physical | 18 | impelled by physical force especially against resistance | a real cop would get physical |
| midnight | 15 | 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night | young children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight |
| champion | 17 | someone who has won first place in a competition | - |
| exchange | 21 | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category | - |
| teaching | 14 | the profession of a teacher | he prepared for teaching while still in college |
| schedule | 14 | a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | - |
| shoulder | 12 | a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road | the car pulled off onto the shoulder |
| neighbor | 14 | live or be located as a neighbor | the neighboring house |
| cheating | 14 | violating accepted standards or rules | - |
| touching | 14 | the event of something coming in contact with the body | - |
| charming | 16 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | charming incantations |
| behavior | 16 | (psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation | - |
| chairman | 15 | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university | - |
| slightly | 15 | in a slim or slender manner | slightly built |
| elephant | 13 | five-toed pachyderm | - |
| sunshine | 11 | the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom | - |
| punished | 14 | subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) | - |
| catholic | 15 | a member of a Catholic church | - |
| chemical | 17 | relating to or used in chemistry | chemical engineer |
| bothered | 14 | caused to show discomposure | - |
| catching | 16 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| shanghai | 15 | take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship | The men were shanghaied after being drugged |
| gathered | 13 | brought together in one place | the gathered folds of the skirt |
| coughing | 15 | a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis | - |
| southern | 11 | from the south; used especially of wind | southern breezes |
| attached | 14 | being joined in close association | all art schools whether independent or attached to universities |
| northern | 11 | situated in or oriented toward the north | the northern suburbs |
| vanished | 15 | having passed out of existence | vanished civilizations |
| clothing | 14 | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | - |
| faithful | 17 | marked by fidelity to an original | a faithful copy of the portrait |
| threaten | 11 | pose a threat to; present a danger to | - |
| almighty | 17 | having unlimited power | - |
| reaching | 14 | the act of physically reaching or thrusting out | - |
| marshall | 13 | a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law | - |
| somewhat | 16 | to certain extent or degree | - |
| bachelor | 15 | lead a bachelor's existence | - |
| forehead | 15 | the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits | - |
| shepherd | 17 | a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock | - |
| daylight | 16 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | - |
| lighting | 13 | having abundant light or illumination | as long as the lighting was good |
| sympathy | 21 | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) | - |
| thrilled | 12 | feeling intense pleasurable excitement | - |
| achieved | 17 | - | - |
| chanting | 14 | the act of singing in a monotonous tone | - |
| dickhead | 19 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| chatting | 14 | - | - |
| withdraw | 18 | break from a meeting or gathering | - |
| thirteen | 11 | being one more than twelve | - |
| shocking | 18 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | the most shocking book of its time |
| mechanic | 17 | a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools | - |
| eighteen | 12 | being one more than seventeen | - |
| crashing | 14 | informal intensifiers | a crashing bore |
| whirring | 15 | sound of something in rapid motion | - |
| workshop | 20 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
| shitting | 12 | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | - |
| sunlight | 12 | the rays of the sun | - |
| shithead | 15 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| purchase | 15 | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | - |
| frighten | 15 | cause fear in | The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me |
| feathers | 14 | - | - |
| prophecy | 20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | - |
| chambers | 17 | English architect (1723-1796) | - |
| charging | 15 | - | - |
| thankful | 18 | feeling or showing gratitude | a thankful smile |
| rehearse | 11 | engage in a rehearsal (of) | - |
| channels | 13 | official routes of communication | you have to go through channels |
| merchant | 15 | a businessperson engaged in retail trade | - |
| morphine | 15 | an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain | - |
| marching | 16 | the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind) | we heard the sound of marching |
| cheerful | 16 | pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic | - |
| preacher | 15 | someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel | - |
| freshman | 16 | a first-year undergraduate | - |
| wretched | 17 | of very poor quality or condition | - |
| ruthless | 11 | without mercy or pity | an act of ruthless ferocity |
| pharmacy | 20 | the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, | - |
| mustache | 15 | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache |
| shameful | 16 | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | a shameful display of cowardice |
| marathon | 13 | any long and arduous undertaking | - |
| shipment | 15 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| shortcut | 13 | a route shorter than the usual one | - |
| matching | 16 | being two identical | - |
| metaphor | 15 | a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity | - |
| smoothly | 16 | with no problems or difficulties | put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly |
| shipping | 16 | conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry | - |
| fletcher | 16 | prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625) | - |
| shutting | 12 | the act of closing something | - |
| smashing | 14 | the act of breaking something into small pieces | - |
| michigan | 16 | a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card | - |
| mischief | 18 | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | - |
| athletic | 13 | vigorously active | an athletic child |
| mushroom | 15 | a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) | - |
| coaching | 16 | the job of a professional coach | - |
| showtime | 16 | the time at which something is supposed to begin | - |
| paycheck | 24 | a check issued in payment of wages or salary | - |
| twilight | 15 | lighted by or as if by twilight | the twilight glow of the sky |
| overhead | 15 | (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command | - |
| johannes | 18 | - | - |
| diarrhea | 12 | frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor | - |
| watchman | 18 | a guard who keeps watch | - |
| flashing | 15 | a short vivid experience | the flashings of pain were a warning |
| crushing | 14 | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | - |
| downhill | 15 | sloping down rather steeply | - |
| doughnut | 13 | a toroidal shape | - |
| lordship | 14 | a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge | - |
| archives | 16 | collection of records especially about an institution | - |
| shortage | 12 | an acute insufficiency | - |
| brethren | 13 | (plural) the lay members of a male religious order | - |
| washroom | 16 | a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) | - |
| weighing | 16 | careful consideration | - |
| orthodox | 19 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of Judaism | - |
| charcoal | 15 | a very dark grey color | - |
| chopping | 18 | - | - |
| drenched | 15 | abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination | drenched in moonlight |
| eyesight | 15 | normal use of the faculty of vision | - |
| christie | 13 | prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976) | - |
| syphilis | 16 | a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | - |
| truthful | 14 | expressing or given to expressing the truth | gave truthful testimony |
| arsehole | 11 | vulgar slang for anus | - |
| chandler | 14 | United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959) | - |
| symphony | 21 | a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | - |
| chilling | 14 | provoking fear terror | - |
| rightful | 15 | having a legally established claim | - |
| whipping | 19 | a sound defeat | - |
| shifting | 15 | (of soil) unstable | shifting sands |
| brochure | 15 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| checkers | 19 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| alphabet | 15 | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | - |
| offshore | 17 | (of winds) coming from the land | offshore winds |
| trenches | 13 | - | - |
| sherlock | 17 | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information | - |
| polished | 14 | (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed | polished rice |
| blushing | 14 | having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset | the blushing boy was brought before the Principal |
| brushing | 14 | the act of brushing your teeth | - |
| charisma | 15 | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others | - |
| mouthful | 16 | a small amount eaten or drunk | - |
| shitless | 11 | (used as complement) to the utmost degree | the students were bored shitless |
| thumping | 16 | (used informally) very large | a thumping loss |
| shagging | 14 | - | - |
| pitching | 16 | abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | the pitching and tossing was quite exciting |
| prophets | 15 | the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures | - |
| flushing | 15 | - | - |
| unworthy | 17 | not deserving | - |
| wormhole | 16 | hole made by a burrowing worm | - |
| throttle | 11 | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air | - |
| rickshaw | 20 | a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | - |
| soothing | 12 | freeing from fear and anxiety | - |
| madhouse | 14 | pejorative terms for an insane asylum | - |
| monarchy | 18 | an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | - |
| thieving | 15 | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | the thieving is awful at Kennedy International |
| enhanced | 14 | increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality | her enhanced beauty was the result of a good night's sleep rather than makeup |
| youthful | 17 | suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh | - |
| chainsaw | 16 | portable power saw; teeth linked to form an endless chain | - |
| chestnut | 13 | any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur | - |
| withdrew | 18 | - | - |
| thriller | 11 | a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie | - |
| thatcher | 16 | British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925) | - |
| bohemian | 15 | a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) | - |
| detached | 15 | not fixed in position | the detached shutter fell on him |
| breathed | 14 | uttered without voice | could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me' |
| decipher | 16 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| township | 16 | an administrative division of a county | - |
| brightly | 17 | with brightness | - |
| wheezing | 24 | relating to breathing with a whistling sound | - |
| stitched | 14 | fastened with stitches | - |
| skinhead | 16 | a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent | - |
| launcher | 13 | armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | - |
| chastity | 16 | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | - |
| whomever | 19 | - | - |
| whiskers | 18 | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | - |
| unharmed | 14 | not injured or harmed | - |
| thriving | 15 | very lively and profitable | a thriving tourist center |
| perished | 14 | - | - |
| beheaded | 15 | having had the head cut off | the beheaded prisoners |
| emphasis | 15 | special importance or significance | the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis |
| famished | 17 | extremely hungry | they were tired and famished for food and sleep |
| mythical | 18 | based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity | mythical centaurs |
| theology | 15 | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | - |
| thudding | 14 | not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft | thudding bullets |
| schnapps | 17 | any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes | - |
| breather | 13 | a short respite | - |
| chipping | 18 | the act of chipping something | - |
| squashed | 21 | that has been violently compressed | the squashed looking nakedness of the fledgling birds |
| shootout | 11 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - |
| shrapnel | 13 | shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight | - |
| brighten | 14 | become clear | - |
| fetching | 17 | very attractive; capturing interest | a fetching new hairstyle |
| withered | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws |
| recharge | 14 | load anew | - |
| deathbed | 15 | the bed on which a person dies | - |
| rhythmic | 21 | recurring with measured regularity | the rhythmic chiming of church bells |
| bookshop | 19 | a shop where books are sold | - |
| chlorine | 13 | a common nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; best known as a heavy yellow irritating toxic gas; used to purify water and as a bleaching agent and disinfectant; occurs naturally only as a salt (as in sea water) | - |
| graphics | 16 | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication | - |
| whistler | 14 | United States painter (1834-1903) | - |
| scheming | 16 | acting with a specific goal | - |
| shredded | 14 | prepared by cutting | shredded cabbage |
| skylight | 19 | a window in a roof to admit daylight | - |
| chinaman | 15 | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent | - |
| shedding | 14 | the process whereby something is shed | - |
| sighting | 13 | the act of observing | several sightings of enemy troops were reported |
| dutchman | 16 | a native or inhabitant of Holland | - |
| epiphany | 18 | twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus | - |
| clutches | 15 | the act of grasping | - |
| armchair | 15 | chair with a support on each side for arms | - |
| nuthouse | 11 | pejorative terms for an insane asylum | - |
| outright | 12 | without any delay | he was killed outright |
| showdown | 18 | a hostile disagreement face-to-face | - |
| snapshot | 13 | an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera | my snapshots haven't been developed yet |
| inherent | 11 | existing as an essential constituent or characteristic | - |
| orphaned | 14 | deprived of parents by death or desertion | - |
| loathing | 12 | hate coupled with disgust | - |
| thirties | 11 | the time of life between 30 and 40 | - |
| rhetoric | 13 | high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation | - |
| showcase | 16 | a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect | it was a showcase for democracy in Africa |
| poaching | 16 | cooking in simmering liquid | - |
| bonehead | 14 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| mahogany | 17 | any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish | - |
| nothings | 12 | inconsequential conversation | they traded a few nothings as they parted |
| outhouse | 11 | a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | - |
| chipmunk | 21 | a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
| checkout | 19 | the act of inspecting or verifying | - |
| fuckhead | 21 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| bathrobe | 15 | a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
| furthest | 14 | to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | he swam the furthest |
| coherent | 13 | sticking together | two coherent sheets |
| doghouse | 13 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| chitchat | 18 | light informal conversation for social occasions | - |
| pamphlet | 17 | a small book usually having a paper cover | - |
| airtight | 12 | having no weak points | an airtight defense |
| inhaling | 12 | - | - |
| nutshell | 11 | the shell around the kernel of a nut | - |
| showroom | 16 | an area where merchandise (such as cars) can be displayed | in Britain a showroom is called a salesroom |
| dishonor | 12 | a state of shame or disgrace | he was resigned to a life of dishonor |
| luncheon | 13 | a midday meal | - |
| choppers | 17 | - | - |
| seashore | 11 | the shore of a sea or ocean | - |
| ladyship | 17 | a title used to address any peeress except a duchess | - |
| shipyard | 17 | a workplace where ships are built or repaired | - |
| shutdown | 15 | termination of operations | - |
| britches | 15 | (used in the plural) informal term for breeches | - |
| chaplain | 15 | a clergyman ministering to some institution | - |
| whacking | 21 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| sapphire | 15 | a light shade of blue | - |
| scorched | 16 | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight | the earth was scorched and bare |
| nightcap | 16 | a cloth cap worn in bed | - |
| shambles | 15 | a building where animals are butchered | - |
| smoother | 13 | a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor | - |
| physique | 25 | constitution of the human body | - |
| exhaling | 19 | - | - |
| farthest | 14 | to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense) | see who could jump the farthest |
| watchdog | 18 | a dog trained to guard property | - |
| eighties | 12 | the decade from 1880 to 1889 | - |
| chivalry | 19 | courtesy towards women | - |
| cashmere | 15 | an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India | - |
| worthing | 15 | - | - |
| shilling | 12 | the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents | - |
| smoothie | 13 | someone with an assured and ingratiating manner | - |
| euphoria | 13 | a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation | - |
| inhumane | 13 | lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion | humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world |
| marshals | 13 | the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system | - |
| upheaval | 16 | a violent disturbance | - |
| charades | 14 | guessing game in which one player pantomimes a word or phrase for others to guess | - |
| chloride | 14 | any compound containing a chlorine atom | - |
| schiller | 13 | German romantic writer (1759-1805) | - |
| pushover | 16 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
| pachinko | 19 | a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
| splashed | 14 | covered with bright patches (often used in combination) | gardens splashed with color |
| shoelace | 13 | a lace used for fastening shoes | - |
| rephrase | 13 | express the same message in different words | - |
| gunfight | 16 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - |
| mariachi | 15 | a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
| memsahib | 17 | a woman sahib | - |
| shielded | 13 | (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury | - |
| overhear | 14 | hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | We overheard the conversation at the next table |
| thermite | 13 | - | - |
| chugging | 16 | - | - |
| churning | 14 | moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation | winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses |
| watchful | 19 | engaged in or accustomed to close observation | - |
| withhold | 18 | retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments | My employer is withholding taxes |
| absinthe | 13 | aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe | - |
| slashing | 12 | as if striking with slashing blows | his slashing demon-ridden cadenza |
| sideshow | 15 | a minor show that is part of a larger one (as at the circus) | - |
| prohibit | 15 | command against | - |
| backhand | 20 | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | - |
| adhesive | 15 | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together | - |
| matchbox | 24 | a box for holding matches | - |
| clenched | 16 | closed or squeezed together tightly | a clenched fist |
| catheter | 13 | a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open | - |
| writhing | 15 | moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion | - |
| shelling | 12 | the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | the shelling went on for hours without pausing |
| pheasant | 13 | flesh of a pheasant; usually braised | - |
| overhaul | 14 | the act of improving by renewing and restoring | a major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed |
| bleached | 16 | (used of color) artificially produced; not natural | a bleached blonde |
| richness | 13 | the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth | he praised the richness of the soil |
| flagship | 17 | the chief one of a related group | it is their flagship newspaper |
| loophole | 13 | an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | - |
| lengthen | 12 | become long or longer | In Spring, the days lengthen |
| withheld | 18 | - | - |
| fatherly | 17 | like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | - |
| machetes | 15 | - | - |
| mightier | 14 | - | - |
| shingles | 12 | eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia | - |
| showgirl | 15 | a woman who dances in a chorus line | - |
| eggshell | 13 | the exterior covering of a bird's egg | - |
| sunbathe | 13 | expose one's body to the sun | - |
| teahouse | 11 | a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | - |
| shackled | 18 | bound by chains fastened around the ankles | - |
| pathogen | 14 | any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) | - |
| bulkhead | 18 | a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments | - |
| euphoric | 15 | exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation | - |
| kerchief | 20 | a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck | - |
| motherly | 16 | in a maternal manner; as a mother | - |
| whirling | 15 | the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | - |
| archduke | 18 | a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
| ethereal | 11 | characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy | this smallest and most ethereal of birds |
| christen | 13 | administer baptism to | - |
| shredder | 13 | a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them) | - |
| lunching | 14 | the act of eating lunch | - |
| belching | 16 | a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth | - |
| chomping | 18 | the act of chewing noisily | - |
| chromium | 17 | a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | - |
| thwarted | 15 | disappointingly unsuccessful | disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions |
| pawnshop | 18 | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security | - |
| coachman | 17 | a man who drives a coach (or carriage) | - |
| scratchy | 18 | causing abrasion | - |
| snatcher | 13 | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom) | - |
| pantheon | 13 | all the gods of a religion | - |
| prophesy | 18 | deliver a sermon | - |
| methinks | 17 | - | - |
| seething | 12 | in constant agitation | a seething flag-waving crowd filled the streets |
| weighted | 16 | made heavy or weighted down with weariness | weighted eyelids |
| attaches | 13 | - | - |
| backache | 21 | an ache localized in the back | - |
| birthing | 14 | the process of giving birth | - |
| unwashed | 15 | of or associated with the great masses of people | the unwashed masses |
| whopping | 19 | (used informally) very large | - |
| stealthy | 14 | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | stealthy footsteps |
| theorist | 11 | someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | - |
| scorcher | 15 | a very hard hit ball | - |
| seraphim | 15 | - | - |
| penchant | 15 | a strong liking | the Irish have a penchant for blarney |
| bullhorn | 13 | a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier | - |
| meathead | 14 | - | - |
| punisher | 13 | - | - |
| lynching | 17 | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law | - |
| maharaja | 20 | a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja | - |
| wheeling | 15 | propelling something on wheels | - |
| ricochet | 15 | spring back; spring away from an impact | - |
| ploughed | 15 | (of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow | - |
| foothold | 15 | an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies | the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar |
| cheerios | 13 | - | - |
| whiteout | 14 | cover up with a liquid correction fluid | - |
| zucchini | 24 | small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | - |
| starship | 13 | a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction) | - |
| rhapsody | 17 | an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
| seashell | 11 | the shell of a marine organism | - |
| shorties | 11 | - | - |
| patching | 16 | the act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | - |
| quenched | 23 | subdued or overcome | an uprising quenched almost before it started |
| overheat | 14 | get excessively and undesirably hot | The car engines overheated |
| teething | 12 | the eruption through the gums of baby teeth | - |
| thievery | 17 | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | - |
| shadowed | 16 | filled with shade | the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed |
| farthing | 15 | a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny | - |
| gazpacho | 25 | a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
| molehill | 13 | a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing | - |
| thinning | 12 | the act of diluting something | the thinning of paint with turpentine |
| tethered | 12 | confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain | - |
| shrunken | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a shrunken old man |
| buckshot | 19 | small lead shot for shotgun shells | - |
| chlorate | 13 | any salt of chloric acid | - |
| cohesion | 13 | the state of cohering or sticking together | - |
| smoothed | 14 | made smooth by ironing | - |
| beholden | 14 | under a moral obligation to someone | - |
| breeches | 15 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
| butchery | 18 | the business of a butcher | - |
| galoshes | 12 | - | - |
| gatherer | 12 | a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes) | - |
| chaperon | 15 | one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people | - |
| chatroom | 15 | a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic) | - |
| beholder | 14 | a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | - |
| achiever | 16 | a person with a record of successes | his son would never be the achiever that his father was |
| fishbowl | 19 | a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept | - |
| kingship | 18 | the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
| lymphoma | 20 | a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| tightwad | 16 | a miserly person | - |
| porthole | 13 | an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through | - |
| blowhole | 16 | a hole for the escape of gas or air | - |
| misheard | 14 | - | - |
| whizzing | 33 | - | - |
| thespian | 13 | a theatrical performer | - |
| tomahawk | 20 | weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | - |
| sinkhole | 15 | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | - |
| peephole | 15 | a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep | - |
| bethesda | 14 | - | - |
| chiseled | 14 | having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges | a finely chiseled nose |
| chickpea | 21 | large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | - |
| unshaven | 14 | not shaved | - |
| wishbone | 16 | the furcula of a domestic fowl | - |
| thoracic | 15 | of or relating to the chest or thorax | - |
| unhinged | 13 | affected with madness or insanity | - |
| schooner | 13 | a large beer glass | - |
| shearing | 12 | removing by cutting off or clipping | - |
| sightsee | 12 | visit famous or interesting sights | - |
| brouhaha | 16 | loud confused noise from many sources | - |
| choirboy | 18 | a boy who sings in a choir | - |
| schmooze | 24 | talk idly or casually and in a friendly way | - |
| shinning | 12 | - | - |
| shamrock | 19 | creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage | - |
| autobahn | 13 | an expressway in a German-speaking country | - |
| dogfight | 17 | disorderly fighting | - |
| clashing | 14 | sharply and harshly discordant | clashing interests of loggers and conservationists |
| schizoid | 23 | of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia | - |
| phrasing | 14 | the manner in which something is expressed in words | - |
| plethora | 13 | extreme excess | - |
| asphyxia | 23 | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas | - |
| farmhand | 17 | a hired hand on a farm | - |
| forehand | 15 | (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke | - |
| flywheel | 20 | regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine | - |
| draughts | 13 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| outshine | 11 | attract more attention and praise than others | - |
| cheshire | 16 | - | - |
| witching | 17 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | 'tis now the very witching time of night |
| sheeting | 12 | fabric from which bed sheets are made | - |
| shetland | 12 | an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland | - |
| shoplift | 16 | steal in a store | - |
| shrewdly | 18 | in a shrewd manner | - |
| earphone | 13 | electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear | it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked |
| lavishly | 17 | in a wasteful manner | the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap |
| chenille | 13 | a soft tufted cord used in embroidery | - |
| thanatos | 11 | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die | - |
| searcher | 13 | someone making a search or inquiry | - |
| shelving | 15 | - | - |
| sheepdog | 15 | any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep | - |
| overshot | 14 | having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | an overshot jaw |
| bunghole | 14 | vulgar slang for anus | - |
| feathery | 17 | resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | feathery palm trees |
| lethargy | 15 | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | - |
| chastise | 13 | censure severely | She chastised him for his insensitive remarks |
| dauphine | 14 | - | - |
| stretchy | 16 | capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape | - |
| subhuman | 15 | less than human or not worthy of a human being | treated natives as subhuman |
| theorize | 20 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
| threaded | 13 | (of bolts or screws) having screw threads | - |
| thruster | 11 | one who intrudes or pushes himself forward | - |
| sherwani | 14 | - | - |
| shinbone | 13 | the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | - |
| smithers | 13 | - | - |
| sphinxes | 20 | - | - |
| southpaw | 16 | a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right | their pitcher was a southpaw |
| phonetic | 15 | of or relating to speech sounds | phonetic transcription |
| ranching | 14 | farming for the raising of livestock (particularly cattle) | - |
| overhang | 15 | be suspended over or hang over | - |
| branched | 16 | having branches | - |
| frothing | 15 | producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease | the rabid animal's frothing mouth |
| doughboy | 18 | an American infantryman in World War I | - |
| draughty | 16 | not airtight | - |
| graphite | 14 | used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors | - |
| longhand | 13 | rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper | - |
| mightily | 17 | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | they rejoiced mightily |
| offshoot | 17 | a natural consequence of development | - |
| clinched | 16 | closed or squeezed together tightly | his clenched (or clinched) teeth |
| catfight | 17 | - | - |
| abhorred | 14 | - | - |
| washable | 16 | capable of being washed without injury | washable woolens |
| sulphate | 13 | a salt or ester of sulphuric acid | - |
| thematic | 15 | of or relating to a melodic subject | - |
| scathing | 14 | marked by harshly abusive criticism | his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists |
| seahorse | 11 | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position | - |
| shittier | 11 | - | - |
| shiitake | 15 | edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | - |
| showboat | 16 | a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
| overhand | 15 | with hand brought forward and down from above shoulder level | an overhand pitch |
| anathema | 13 | a detested person | he is an anathema to me |
| arachnid | 14 | air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs | - |
