9-letter words containing h, e, i, f
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- housewife — Sometimes Offensive. a married woman who manages her own household, especially as her principal occupation.
- huffiness — The property of being huffy.
- hyperfine — Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
- ice shelf — an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
- infighter — A person who indulges in infighting.
- intefadeh — Alternative spelling of intifada.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- jewfishes — Plural form of jewfish.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- khalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lightface — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- lithified — Simple past tense and past participle of lithify.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- mischiefe — Obsolete spelling of mischief.
- mischiefs — Plural form of mischief.
- mousefish — sargassumfish.
- nightfire — a fire burned at night e.g. a campfire
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- of choice — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- of theirs — belonging to or associated with them
- off-white — white mixed with a small amount of gray, yellow, or other light color.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pforzheim — a city in W Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- queenfish — a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- selfishly — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- sheffield — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.