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9-letter words that end in ish

  • hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
  • hippieish — Alternative spelling of hippyish.
  • hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
  • hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.
  • horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
  • houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
  • hoydenish — a boisterous, bold, and carefree girl; a tomboy.
  • jargonish — jargonistic
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • lemonfish — the cobia.
  • lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
  • line fish — fish caught by lines rather than nets
  • liquorish — fond of and eager for choice food.
  • loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
  • made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
  • maggotish — Maggoty.
  • maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
  • mammonish — Actuated or prompted by a devotion to money getting or the service of Mammon.
  • marrowish — Similar to a marrow.
  • martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
  • monkeyish — Like a monkey.
  • mousefish — sargassumfish.
  • narrowish — somewhat narrow
  • niggerish — resembling or characteristic of a Black person
  • 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.
  • pepperish — a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, especially from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.
  • pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
  • platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
  • pollyfish — parrotfish.
  • pooterish — characteristic of or resembling the fictional character Pooter, esp in being bourgeois, genteel, or self-important
  • premonish — to admonish beforehand; forewarn
  • prettyish — quite pretty
  • queenfish — a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.
  • quillfish — a fish, Ptilichthys goodei, of the Bering Sea, having an eellike body with long, many-rayed fins.
  • quiverish — given to quivering, tremulous
  • ratherish — fairly, moderately
  • razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
  • refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
  • replenish — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
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