9-letter words containing ish
- sottishly — in a sottish manner
- sourishly — in a sourish manner
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spanglish — Spanish spoken with a large admixture of English, especially American, words and expressions.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- spiderish — relating to or resembling a spider
- spikefish — a large sea fish
- squabbish — rather short and fat or thick
- squawfish — any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western U.S. and Canada: the Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered.
- squeamish — fastidious or dainty.
- startlish — (of a horse) easily startled
- stockfish — fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- strictish — fairly strict
- strongish — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
- suquamish — a member of a Salishan-speaking North American Indian people of Washington, near Puget Sound.
- surf fish — any of various fishes living in shallow water along the Pacific coast of North America, as the surfperches
- swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
- sweetfish — a sweet-tasting omnivorous fish, native to Japan
- swellfish — puffer (def 2).
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tarnished — metal: discolored
- the amish — the Amish people
- the irish — the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
- thirtyish — (of a person) around thirty years of age
- tigerfish — a large, voracious, freshwater game fish, Hydrocyenus goliath, of African rivers.
- tiggerish — irrepressibly bouncy and cheerful
- tigrishly — in a tigrish manner
- tomboyish — an energetic, sometimes boisterous girl whose behavior and pursuits, especially in games and sports, are considered more typical of boys than of girls.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- twentyish — around or approximately twenty
- unbookish — not studious or bookish
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unfurnish — to clear of furniture or furnishings
- unmannish — not belonging to or resembling a man
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unstylish — unfashionable; not stylish
- unwishful — not wishful
- upanishad — any of a class of speculative prose treatises composed between the 8th and 6th centuries b.c. and first written a.d. c1300: they represent a philosophical development beyond the Vedas, having as their principal message the unity of Brahman and Atman.
- uplandish — of or relating to the uplands
- vaishnava — a Bhakti sect devoted to Vishnu.
- vampirish — a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night.
- vampishly — in a vampish manner
- varnished — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- viperfish — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Chauliodontidae, having a large mouth and fanglike teeth, some species having light-emitting organs on their bodies.
- voguishly — in a voguish manner
- vulturish — resembling a vulture
- waggishly — In a waggish manner.