9-letter words containing ish
- jibberish — Alternative spelling of gibberish.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- killifish — any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, especially of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- lavishing — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
- linishing — an object or surface which has been made smooth and polished through the process of linishing
- liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lumpishly — In a lumpish manner.
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- maggotish — Maggoty.
- maharishi — a teacher of spiritual and mystical knowledge; religious sage: often used as an honorary title.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mishandle — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- mishappen — (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
- mishawaka — a city in N Indiana, near South Bend.
- mishegaas — meshugaas.
- mishegoss — (slang) Madness; silliness.
- mishpocha — an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- mousefish — sargassumfish.
- mumpishly — in a mumpish manner
- mytishchi — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- narrowish — somewhat narrow
- nebbishes — Plural form of nebbish.
- niggerish — resembling or characteristic of a Black person
- noirishly — In a noirish manner.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- nourisher — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- nourishes — Plural form of nourish.
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- 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
- old irish — the Irish language before c900. Abbreviation: OIr.
- outparish — a parish located outside the boundaries of or at a distance from a town or city; an outlying parish.
- parsonish — like a parson
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.