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10-letter words that end in ish

  • madonnaish — resembling a Madonna
  • malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
  • medusafish — a stromateid fish, Icichthys lockingtoni, of deep waters off the coast of California, living as a commensal in and about medusas.
  • monogamish — Mostly monogamous, but allowing for occasional infidelities.
  • muttonfish — ocean pout.
  • needlefish — any fish of the family Belonidae, of warm seas and coastal fresh waters, having a sharp beak and needlelike teeth.
  • nettlefish — jellyfish.
  • non-jewish — not practising Judaism
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • priestfish — blue rockfish.
  • queer fish — strange person
  • rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
  • relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
  • river fish — a freshwater fish
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • squauwmish — Squamish.
  • suckerfish — remora.
  • the salish — the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish
  • threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
  • tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
  • trash fish — a fish traditionally sold only for animal feed or manufactured products.
  • trollopish — like or typical of a trollop
  • un-english — not English; not characteristic of the English.
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • vinegarish — resembling vinegar, as in sourness or acidity: a vinegarish odor; a vinegarish disposition.
  • white fish — any of several fishes of the family Coregonidae, inhabiting northern waters of North America and Eurasia, similar to the trout but having a smaller mouth and larger scales. Compare lake whitefish, round whitefish.
  • zebra fish — any of various fishes with barred, zebralike markings; often, specif., a danio (Danio rerio) that is kept in aquariums and used in genetic research
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