10-letter words containing ish
- offishness — Quality of being offish.
- old danish — the Danish language as spoken and written from the 9th to the 14th centuries.
- outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
- overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- perishable — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perishment — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
- phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polish off — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- prankishly — in a prankish manner, mischievously
- prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- publishers — a publishing company
- publishing — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- punishable — liable to or deserving punishment.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- qualmishly — In a qualmish manner.
- queer fish — strange person
- rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- ravishment — rapture or ecstasy.
- refinisher — a person who professionally refinishes or restores buildings or antique furniture
- relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- relishable — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- scampishly — in a scampish manner
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- shrimpfish — any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates.
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- sluggishly — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sneakishly — in a stealthy or underhanded manner
- sniffishly — in a sniffy or disdainful manner
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.