10-letter words containing fis
- anglerfish — a bony fish with a growth on its head which can be wiggled to attract prey
- archerfish — any freshwater percoid fish of the family Toxotidae of S and SE Asia and Australia, esp Toxotes jaculatrix, that catch insects by spitting water at them
- barrelfish — a blackish stromateid fish, Hyperoglyphe perciformis, inhabiting New England coastal waters.
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
- confiserie — a shop selling sweets
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- damselfish — any small tropical percoid fish of the family Pomacentridae, having a brightly coloured deep compressed body
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- filefishes — Plural form of filefish.
- fish balls — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fish flake — a platform for drying fish.
- fish flour — powdered fish, high in protein, used as an ingredient in other foods.
- fish joint — a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway
- fish knife — a small knife with a spatulalike blade, used with a fork in cutting fish at table.
- fish louse — any of numerous small crustaceans, especially certain copepods, parasitic on the skin and gills of fish.
- fish paste — something you can spread on bread, made from fish which has been ground
- fish queue — (humour) (By analogy with FIFO - first-in, first-out) first in, still here. A joking way of pointing out that processing of a particular sequence of events or requests has stopped dead. Also "FISH mode" and "FISHnet"; the latter may be applied to any network that is running really slowly or exhibiting extreme flakiness.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- fish slice — a broad-bladed kitchen implement with a long handle, for turning fish in frying.
- fish stick — an oblong piece of fried fish, usually breaded.
- fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
- fish wheel — a trap for catching salmon, consisting of a revolving wheel with attached nets set in a river so that it is turned by the current to capture the passing fish.
- fishburger — A burger made with fish instead of beef.
- fisherfolk — People who catch fish for a living.
- fishfinger — an oblong piece of filleted or minced fish coated in breadcrumbs
- fishmonger — a dealer in fish, especially for eating.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fissurella — (zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.
- fistfights — Plural form of fistfight.
- fisticuffs — a cuff or blow with the fist.
- flyingfish — any of a family (Exocoetidae, order Atheriniformes) of chiefly warm-water, marine bony fishes with winglike pectoral fins that enable them to glide through the air
- frogfishes — Plural form of frogfish.
- go fishing — try to catch fish
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- goldfishes — Plural form of goldfish.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hardfisted — mean or miserly
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