9-letter words containing fis
- fishhooks — a hook used in fishing.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fishponds — Plural form of fishpond.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fishtails — Plural form of fishtail.
- fishwives — Plural form of fishwife.
- fishwoman — (dated) A woman who sells fish.
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- fissility — Quality of being fissile.
- fissional — Of or pertaining to fission.
- fissioned — split or broken into parts
- fissipeds — Plural form of fissiped.
- fissuring — Present participle of fissure.
- fist bump — a gesture of greeting, friendship, triumph, etc., in which two people make a fist and bump each other's knuckles.
- fist pump — a gesture of enthusiasm, victory, etc., in which one raises a fist and thrusts the forearm quickly and forcefully forward or downward.
- fistfight — a fight using bare fists.
- fisticuff — a cuff or blow with the fist.
- fistulate — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- fistulize — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- fistulous — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flyfisher — A person who goes fly fishing.
- food fish — any fish used for food by human beings.
- frostfish — either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.
- gemfishes — Plural form of gemfish.
- ghostfish — wrymouth.
- 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.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- goosefish — angler (def 3).
- greenfish — opaleye.
- hagfishes — Plural form of hagfish.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hogfishes — Plural form of hogfish.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
- iron fist — harsh rule
- 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.
- killifish — any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, especially of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- mousefish — sargassumfish.
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- oily fish — any variety of fish, such as the sardine, mackerel, salmon or trout; that has oils throughout its body rather than stored solely in the liver
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.