8-letter words containing f, i, s, h
- foolfish — filefish (def 1).
- foreship — the prow or forepart of a ship
- forewish — (transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- frailish — reasonably frail
- frankish — of or relating to the Franks.
- fravashi — the soul of a dead ancestor.
- freakish — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- freights — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freight.
- freshies — Plural form of freshie.
- freshing — newly made or obtained: fresh footprints.
- freshish — reasonably fresh
- frogfish — any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frumpish — a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- fuchsine — A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- fuchsins — Plural form of fuchsin.
- fuchsite — a bright green variety of muscovite having chromium in place of some of the aluminum.
- furphies — Plural form of furphy.
- giftshop — a shop that sells items that are suitable for giving as presents
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- goldfish — a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- gruffish — Somewhat gruff.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- heftiest — Superlative form of hefty.
- himselfe — Obsolete spelling of himself.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- ice fish — any percoid fish of the family Chaenichthyidae, of Antarctic seas, having a semitransparent scaleless body
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kingfish — any of several marine food fishes of the drum family, especially of the genus Menticirrhus, found off the E coast of the U.S.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- lumpfish — any of several thick-bodied, sluggish fishes of the family Cyclopteridae, found in northern seas, having the pelvic fins modified and united into a sucking disk, especially Cyclopterus lumpus, of the North Atlantic.
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- manshift — the work accomplished by one person in one shift
- milkfish — a herringlike fish, Chanos chanos, of warm ocean waters in southeastern Asia.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- misfaith — Lack of faith; distrust.
- monkfish — angler (def 3).
- moonfish — Also called horsefish, horsehead. any of several silvery marine fishes of the genus Selene, having a very compressed body and inhabiting shallow coastal waters.
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- pipefish — any elongated, marine and sometimes freshwater fish species of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and covered with bony plates.
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.