10-letter words containing f, i, s, h, n
- furnishers — Plural form of furnisher.
- furnishing — paper pulp and any ingredients added to it prior to its introduction into a papermaking machine.
- go fishing — try to catch fish
- grassfinch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- griffinish — indicative of a griffin, being a newcomer to the Orient
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
- hoofprints — Plural form of hoofprint.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- in a flash — very quickly, in an instant
- in fashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- infighters — Plural form of infighter.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- insightful — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- kingfisher — any of numerous fish- or insect-eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored.
- kingfishes — Plural form of kingfish.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- lungfishes — Plural form of lungfish.
- main shaft — the principal shaft of a motor, transmission, etc. (distinguished from jackshaft).
- mineshafts — Plural form of mineshaft.
- misfashion — To form or fashion wrongly.
- monkfishes — Plural form of monkfish.
- muttonfish — ocean pout.
- needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
- nettlefish — jellyfish.
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- nightshift — Alternative spelling of night shift.
- nonfashion — Not directly related to fashion, or the fashion industry.
- numbfishes — Plural form of numbfish.
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- of fashion — of high social standing
- offishness — Quality of being offish.
- offshoring — the practice of moving employees or certain business activities to foreign countries as a way to lower costs, avoid taxes, etc.: the offshoring of software jobs to China.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- refreshing — having the power to restore freshness, vitality, energy, etc.: a refreshing nap.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- schlieffen — Alfred (ˈalfreːt), Count von Schlieffen. 1833–1913, German field marshal, who devised the Schlieffen Plan (1905): it was intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries. In a modified form, it was unsuccessfully employed in World War I (1914)
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shirtfront — front of a shirt
- shrink fit — a tight fit of a collar or wheel boss on a shaft obtained by expanding the collar or boss by heating to enable it to be threaded onto the shaft and then allowing it to cool, or by freezing the shaft to reduce its diameter to enable it to be threaded into the collar or boss and then allowing the shaft temperature to rise
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner