8-letter words containing f, i, s, h
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- fireship — A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.
- fish fry — a picnic or other gathering at which fish are fried and eaten.
- fish out — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fish-eye — a very small lens in a door that enables a person inside to see a visitor
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fishgigs — Plural form of fishgig.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishhook — a hook used in fishing.
- fishkill — the sudden destruction of large quantities of fish, as by pollution.
- fishless — Without fish.
- fishlike — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fishline — a line attached to a fishhook used in fishing.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishnets — Plural form of fishnet.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fishpond — a small pond containing fish, often one in which edible fish are raised for commercial purposes, as for stocking lakes and streams or wholesaling.
- fishskin — a condom.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fishtank — a glass-sided tank for keeping, displaying, or observing live fish or other aquatic animals.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- fishwife — a woman who sells fish.
- fishworm — an earthworm.
- fitchews — Plural form of fitchew.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- fleishig — (in the dietary laws) consisting of, made from, or used only for meat or meat products: a fleishig set of dishes; a fleishig meal.
- fleishik — (of food) containing or derived from meat or meat products and therefore to be prepared and eaten separately from dairy foods
- fleshier — Comparative form of fleshy.
- fleshily — with respect to flesh; in a fleshy manner
- fleshing — Present participle of flesh.
- flinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch.
- flirtish — Of the nature of, or characterizing a flirt.
- flitches — Plural form of flitch.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flushing — a flushed bird or flock of birds.
- fly-fish — to fish with artificial flies as bait.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- fogeyish — Characteristic of or resembling an old fogey: outdated or out of touch.