9-letter words containing h, a, i, f
- fish bass — a bast fibre bag for holding an angler's catch
- fish cake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fish farm — a facility in which fish are bred for commercial purposes.
- fish hawk — osprey (def 1).
- fish meal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fish tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fish tank — aquarium
- fish-tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fisherman — a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fishtails — Plural form of fishtail.
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flashiest — Superlative form of flash.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- foodchain — Alternative spelling of food chain.
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fraîcheur — freshness
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- fratching — a quarrel; argument; dispute.
- fresh air — clean, outdoor air
- fukushima — a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- funabashi — a city in E central Honshu, Japan, on Tokyo Bay.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- 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.
- 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.