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
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
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
chefdoms
chiffons
chiffons
noun
plural of chiffon
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
dolefish
dollfish
fanhouse
faroeish
fashions
fashions
noun
plural of fashion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fashion
fashious
fasthold
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.
fleshpot
fleshpot
noun
A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.
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.
foghorns
foghorns
noun
plural of foghorn
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
foothils
forchase
forebush
foreship
foreship
noun
(obsolete) The fore part of a ship.
foreshoe
foreshop
foreshop
noun
A front shop; a shop placed near the front, facing the street
The front part of a shop
foreshot
foreshot
noun
(architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
(chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
(photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.
A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of foreshoot
foreshow
foreshow
noun
(obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
(transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
forewish
forewish
verb
(transitive) To wish or desire beforehand.
forshape
forshape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To metamorphose; change the shape of; transform.
(transitive, obsolete) To put out of shape; distort; make misshapen; disfigure.
forsloth
forsloth
verb
(transitive) To lose, miss, neglect, spoil, or waste through sloth.
forsooth
forsooth
adv
(archaic or poetic) Used as an intensifier, often ironic: indeed, really, truthfully.
forsythe
forsythe
Proper noun
A Scottish and Northern Irish surname from the Gaelic Fearsithe meaning "man of peace".
forthset
forthset
verb
(transitive) To set forth; present to view; display.
fortyish
fortyish
adj
About forty years old.
Close to the number forty
num
Any number close to forty.
foxholes
foxholes
noun
plural of foxhole
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foxhole
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.
froppish
froppish
adj
(obsolete) peevish; froward
fuchsone
futhorcs
futhorcs
noun
plural of futhorc
futhorks
futhorks
noun
plural of futhork
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
handoffs
handoffs
noun
plural of handoff, alternative form of hand-off.
hansford
hayforks
hayforks
noun
plural of hayfork
haylofts
haylofts
noun
plural of hayloft
holdfast
holdfast
noun
(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.
(biology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
The aspect of a character that experiences destructive temptation.
hoofless
hoofless
Adjective
Without hooves.
hopefuls
hopefuls
noun
plural of hopeful
hornfels
hornfels
noun
Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
hornfish
hornfish
noun
The garfish or sea needle.
horsefly
horsefly
noun
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
hosfmann
hotfoots
hotfoots
noun
plural of hotfoot
housefly
housefly
noun
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
houseful
houseful
noun
as many as a house will hold
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)
nonshaft
nonshaft
adj
Not of or relating to a shaft.
oafishly
oafishly
adv
in an oafish manner
offishly
offishly
adv
In an offish manner.
offshoot
offshoot
noun
That which develops from something else.
That which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
offshore
offshore
adj
Located in another country, especially one having beneficial tax laws or labor costs.
Located in the sea away from the coast.
Moving away from the shore.
adv
At some distance from the shore.
Away from the shore.
noun
An area or or portion of sea away from the shore.
An island, outcrop, or other land away from shore.
Something or someone in, from, or associated with another country.
verb
To move industrial production from one region to another or from one country to another, usually seeking lower business costs, like labor.
okshoofd
outflash
outflash
verb
(poetic, transitive) To flash more brightly than; to outshine.
outflush
outflush
noun
A sudden glow of heat.
verb
(transitive) To flush or blush more brightly than.
(transitive) To flush out.
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.
plowfish
pondfish
pondfish
noun
Any of numerous species of American freshwater fishes belonging to the family Centrarchidae.
pooftahs
pooftahs
noun
plural of pooftah
porkfish
porkfish
noun
Any grunt (fish) of the species Anisotremus virginicus.
prowfish
prowfish
noun
Subtropical perciform saltwater fish found in the North Pacific; Zaprora silenus.
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
rushford
safehold
seaforth
selfhood
selfhood
noun
(philosophy, psychology) State of having a distinct identity, or being an individual distinct from others; individuality.
The fully developed self; one's personality, character.
The quality of being self-centered or egocentric; selfishness.
serfhood
serfhood
Noun
The role or status of a serf.
shadoofs
shadoofs
noun
plural of shadoof
shawfowl
shofroth
shofroth
noun
plural of shofar
shopfolk
shopfolk
noun
(archaic) People who work in shops: shopkeepers and shop assistants.
shopfuls
shopfuls
noun
plural of shopful
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.