9-letter words containing f, i, h
- frightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frighten.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frighting — Present participle of fright.
- frithborh — (from Old English) a frankpledge
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frostfish — either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in.
- fthinking — a combination of thinking and feeling
- fuck with — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fukushima — a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- fulbright — (James) William, 1905–95, U.S. politician: senator 1945–74.
- funabashi — a city in E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay.
- furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- furbisher — One who furbishes; especially, a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
- furbishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- furnisher — One who furnishes.
- furnishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furnish.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- gemfishes — Plural form of gemfish.
- ghostfish — wrymouth.
- glassfish — any small, transparent marine, brackish, or freshwater fishes of the genus Chanda (or Ambassis), native to Africa and the Indo-Pacific region and popular in home aquariums.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- goosefish — angler (def 3).
- greenfish — opaleye.
- gunfights — Plural form of gunfight.
- hagfishes — Plural form of hagfish.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- half dime — a silver coin of the U.S., equal to five cents, issued 1794–1805 and 1829–73.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-fill — to fill (a vessel, place, etc) so that it holds or contains half its capacity
- half-inch — a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).
- half-life — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- half-line — ray1 (def 7b).
- half-mile — a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).
- half-pike — spontoon.
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
- half-size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- half-tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hanefiyeh — (in the courtyard of a mosque) a fountain for ritual washing.