8-letter words containing f, i, s
- firebugs — Plural form of firebug.
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- firedogs — Plural form of firedog.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- fireless — lacking fire; without a fire.
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- fireship — A ship loaded with burning material and explosives and set adrift to ignite and blow up an enemy’s ships.
- fireside — Also called hearthside. the space about a fire or hearth.
- firestop — any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- 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.
- fisnomie — an archaic spelling of physiognomy
- fissions — Plural form of fission.
- fissiped — any member of the suborder Fissipedia, carnivorous mammals that have separate toes, as bears, badgers, dogs, cats, and raccoons.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fissured — Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- fissures — Plural form of fissure.
- fistbump — A fist bump.
- fistiana — the sport or world of boxing: one of fistiana's most colorful characters.
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- fistnote — a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.