A delicacy popular in Japan, consisting of the fish served raw as sushi or perhaps fried. It may, if improperly prepared, contain considerably deadly levels of neurotoxins.
Any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe several times their normal size by swallowing water or air when threatened.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
bonchief
bonefish
bonefish
noun
(New England) A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
Albula vulpes, the type of the genus and family.
Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
bonyfish
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
chiffony
chiffony
adj
Resembling or characteristic of chiffon material.
chirikof
clothify
clothify
verb
(transitive, computer graphics) To give a cloth-like texture to.
coalfish
coalfish
noun
any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
dogfight
dogfight
noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters.
A fight between dogs, especially as part of the blood sport of dogfighting.
verb
To engage in a battle between fighter planes.
dolefish
dollfish
fairhope
falchion
falchion
noun
(also attributively) A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
(obsolete) A billhook.
verb
(obsolete, rare, transitive) Attack with a falchion.
faroeish
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fashious
fenthion
fenthion
noun
An organothiophosphate insecticide, avicide, and acaricide.
findhorn
finochio
finochio
noun
Alternative spelling of finocchio
fishboat
fishboat
noun
A fishing boat.
fishbolt
fishbolt
noun
(engineering) A bolt used to fasten fishplates.
fishbone
fishbone
noun
A bone from a fish.
fishbowl
fishbowl
noun
Alternative spelling of fish bowl
fishhold
fishhood
fishhood
noun
The state or condition of being a fish.
fishhook
fishhook
noun
(slang) a jack (the playing card)
a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
fishpole
fishpole
noun
A boom pole.
A fishing pole.
fishpond
fishpond
noun
A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
fishpool
fishpool
noun
A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
fishwood
fishworm
fishworm
noun
A worm used as bait in angling.
flourish
flourish
noun
(architecture) A decorative embellishment on a building.
(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.
A dramatic gesture such as the waving of a flag.
An ornamentation.
verb
(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.
(intransitive) To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude.
(intransitive) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion.
(intransitive) To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.
(intransitive) To prosper or fare well.
(intransitive) To thrive or grow well.
(intransitive) To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions.
(intransitive, obsolete) To boast; to vaunt; to brag.
(transitive) To adorn with beautiful figures or rhetoric; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish.
(transitive) To develop; to make thrive; to expand.
(transitive) To make bold, sweeping movements with.
foolfish
foolfish
noun
filefish
winter flounder
foolship
foolship
noun
(often humorous) Used as a title or a form of address for a foolish person
The condition of being a fool; foolishness; folly
foothill
foothill
noun
A hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
foothils
forehill
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forhaile
forhooie
forthink
forthink
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To repent, be sorry for.
(reflexive, obsolete) To regret; repent.
(transitive, obsolete) To change one's mind about; to renounce.
(transitive, obsolete) To regret.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To cause distress or regret to; cause to regret or repent; to vex.
fortieth
fortieth
adj
The ordinal form of the number forty.
noun
One of forty equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the fortieth position.
fortyish
fortyish
adj
About forty years old.
Close to the number forty
num
Any number close to forty.
friborgh
frithbot
frogfish
frogfish
noun
(archaic) Any fish of genus Lophius.
Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
froggish
froggish
adj
Aggressive.
Inclined to fight.
Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
frohlich
fronniah
froppish
froppish
adj
(obsolete) peevish; froward
frothier
frothier
adj
comparative form of frothy: more frothy
frothily
frothily
adv
In a frothy way.
frothing
frothing
noun
The act of something that froths.
verb
present participle of froth
goatfish
goatfish
noun
Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
goldfish
goldfish
noun
(figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.
A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
gorefish
hairhoof
hamiform
hamiform
adj
(conchology) Curved at the extremity.
Shaped like a hook.
hemiform
hexafoil
hexafoil
noun
A design with six round semicircular petals stemming from a central circle.
hillfort
hillfort
noun
Alternative spelling of hill-fort
hindorff
homelife
homelife
noun
The manner in which a person conducts themselves at home, as opposed to how they act in a professional setting.
homiform
homiform
adj
(obsolete, rare or science fiction) In human form.
hominify
hooflike
hooflike
adj
Resembling a hoof.
hornfair
hornfish
hornfish
noun
The garfish or sea needle.
horrific
horrific
adj
Horrifying, causing horror; horrible.
infought
infought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of infight
kirchoff
lifehold
lifehold
noun
Land held by a life estate.
lifehood
lionfish
lionfish
noun
Any of the venomous fish of the Scorpaenidae family, notable for their long and separated spines
monkfish
monkfish
noun
Angel sharks of the genus Squatina.
Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth.
moonfish
moonfish
noun
Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)
Family Molidae (ocean sunfish)
Family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes)
Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific
Most species of genus Selene
The cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
The opahs in the family Lamprididae.
The southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus)
oafishly
oafishly
adv
in an oafish manner
offishly
offishly
adv
In an offish manner.
outfight
outfight
verb
To fight or battle better than.
outshift
overfish
overfish
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fish excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area.
photofit
photofit
noun
An image of a person constructed out of bits of photographs of other people; a facial composite.
plowfish
pondfish
pondfish
noun
Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
porkfish
porkfish
noun
Any grunt (fish) of the species Anisotremus virginicus.
profichi
profichi
noun
The crop of caprifig collected in the spring
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
richford
rockfish
rockfish
noun
(derogatory, slang, ethnic slur, US) A black person who does not know how to swim.
A fish in the family Sebastidae, marine fishes that inhabit oceans around the world
A logperch (Percina caprodes), also known as common logperch or log perch
A long-spined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)
A stonefishes (genus Synanceia), venomous fishes from the Indo-Pacific
A striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a species of fish from North America
Acanthoclinus, a genus of fish from New Zealand
Certain fish of genus Scorpaena, such as Madeira rockfish (Scorpaena maderensis), a common Mediterranean species
Certain groupers, in the subfamily Epinephelinae
Hexagrammos, a genus of greenling from the North Pacific
Hypoplectrodes, a genus of fish in the family Serranidae
Myliobatis goodei (southern eagle ray)
Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family
Scyliorhinus stellaris (nursehound), a shark known as rock salmon when used in cuisine
Sebastes, mainly of the North Pacific
rosefish
rosefish
noun
Alternative form of rose fish
shoplift
shoplift
noun
(obsolete) A shoplifter.
verb
(intransitive) To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.
(transitive) To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.