English words: firster to fishing line

300 English words, part 35 of 85 of the words starting with F, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words firster to fishing line

firster adjective, noun: A person who advocates the primacy of the named entity (who puts it first).
firstest adjective /ˈfɜːstəst/: very first.
firstfoot noun: Alternative form of first-foot.
firstfruit noun: An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
firstfruits noun: plural of firstfruit
firsthand adjective, adverb /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/: Direct, without intermediate stages.
firsthand learning noun: Acquiring knowledge through direct experiences, tapping into learners’ natural curiosity.
firsthood noun: The state or condition of being first; priority.
firstie noun: A first-class cadet.
firstlight noun: Alternative spelling of first light.
firstling adjective, noun: The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
firstly adverb /ˈfɜɹstli/: In the first place; before anything else; first.
firstness noun: The quality of being first; originality; priority; primacy.
firstripe adjective: Of fruit, the earliest to ripen; the freshest.
firstspace noun: Space as it is directly perceived by the senses.
firth noun /fɜːθ/: An arm or inlet of the sea; a river estuary.
Firthian adjective: Of or relating to John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), English linguist.
firtle verb /ˈfɜːtəl/: To mess around, to waste time.
firtree noun: A fir.
firwood noun: The wood of the fir tree.
FIS noun: Initialism of flight information service.
fis phenomenon noun: The observation that a child's perception of phonemes occurs earlier than the ability to produce them.
fisavirus noun: Any RNA virus of the genus Fisavirus
fisbo noun: A property being sold by the owner, without the aid of a broker.
fisc noun /fɪsk/: The public treasury of Rome.
fiscal adjective, noun /ˈfɪskəl/: Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
fiscal cliff noun: A situation where a number of large spending or taxation bills begin or end simultaneously.
fiscal conservatism noun: A conservative political philosophy, typically consisting of a balanced budget, lower taxes, smaller government, free trade, and a free market.
fiscal conservative noun: One who favors a balanced budget, preferring spending cuts or tax increases to borrowing, and wants to decrease government size, and promote a free market.
fiscal deficit noun: The excess of a government’s expenditure over its revenue.
fiscal drag noun: The deflationary pressure on the economy that results from the government's net fiscal position (spending minus taxation) failing to cover the net savings...
fiscal law noun: The area of law pertaining to public finances.
fiscal office noun: A public prosecutor’s office.
fiscal policy noun: Government policy that attempts to influence the direction of the economy through changes in government spending or taxes.
fiscal stamp noun: a revenue stamp
fiscal year noun: An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.
fiscalamity noun: An economic or budgetary crisis, especially one attributed to poor fiscal management by a government.
fiscalism noun: The idea that taxation should form a central part of a government's economic policy.
fiscalist adjective, noun: An adherent of fiscalism, one who believes that fiscal policy should function as the macroeconomic stabiliser.
fiscality noun: All matters concerning taxation
fiscalization noun: The process of fiscalizing.
fiscalize verb: To make fiscal.
fiscalizer noun: Someone who politically holds an authority to account.
fiscally adverb: In a fiscal manner; concerning finance
Fischbach proper noun: A surname from German.
Fischer proper noun: A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Fisher.
Fischer esterification noun: The esterification of a carboxylic acid by heating it with an alcohol in the presence of a strong acid as the catalyst.
Fischer–Griess Monster noun: Synonym of Monster group
Fischer indole synthesis noun: A class of chemical reaction in which a phenylhydrazine is reacted with an aldehyde or ketone to form an indole.
Fischer projection noun: A two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional organic molecule by projection, used mainly in organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Fischer random chess noun: A chess variant that differs from standard chess in that the pieces on the back ranks are almost completely shuffled.
Fischer's chameleon noun: Kinyongia fischeri, a species of Tanzanian chameleon.
Fischer's lovebird noun: The small parrot Agapornis fischeri.
Fischerian adjective: Of or relating to Kurt W. Fischer, professor of education whose "dynamic skill theory" is one of the neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development.
fischerindole noun: Any of several antimicrobial alkaloids, obtained from a blue-green alga of the genus Fischerella, having a structure similar to hapalindole.
fischesserite noun: An isometric-gyroidal silver white mineral containing gold, selenium, and silver.
Fischetti proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Fischl proper noun: A surname.
Fischler proper noun: A surname from German.
Fischman proper noun: A surname.
fiscorn noun: A deep-sounding brass instrument from Catalonia in the cobla.
fiscus noun: A government treasury.
fise noun: An instance of flatulence.
fisetic acid noun: An acid derived from fustet or fustic.
fisetin noun: A particular flavonol, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,7-dihydroxychromen-4-one, found in several plants
fisetinidin noun: An anthocyanidin obtained from the heartwood of Acacia mearnsii.
fish noun, suffix, verb /fɪʃ/: A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
fish acute toxicity syndrome noun: A set of common chemical and functional responses in fish resulting from short-term acute exposure to a lethal concentration of a toxicant.
fish and brewis noun: A traditional Newfoundland meal of codfish and hard bread or hardtack.
fish-and-chipper noun: A chip shop
fish and chippery noun: A chip shop.
fish and chippie noun: Alternative form of fish-and-chippy.
fish and chippies noun: Fish and chips.
fish and chippy adjective, noun: A shop that sells fish and chips.
fish and chips noun: A meal of fish fried in batter and served with chips (fried potato pieces), popular throughout the Anglosphere, especially in coastal regions.
fish and company stink after three days proverb: A guest who overstays will cease to be welcome.
fish ball noun: Alternative spelling of fishball.
fish-basket noun: A basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.
fish beam noun: A beam one of whose sides (commonly the underside) swells out like the belly of a fish.
fish-bellied adjective: Bellying or swelling out on the underside.
fish belly girder noun: A girder assembly mainly used in bridge construction, with the profile of a fish belly.
fish-blooded adjective: Callous; cold-blooded; without compunction.
fish boil noun: A culinary tradition in areas of Wisconsin and along the coastal Upper Great Lakes, with large Scandinavian populations.
fish bowl noun: A small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
fish cage noun: A submerged cage for holding live fish until needed.
fish cake noun: Alternative spelling of fishcake.
fish camp noun: A restaurant serving fried seafood.
fish coop noun: A square box with a hole in the bottom, used in ice fishing.
fish cop noun: An officer of a fish and wildlife conservation commission.
fish corral noun: A type of fish trap, often built in stream or tidal flats and originating in the Philippines, that can be used to trap or pen fish.
fish crow noun: Corvus ossifragus, a wetland crow of the eastern and southeastern United States that feeds largely on fish.
fish dive noun: A partnering dance lift, often performed as part of a pas de deux, in which the male dancer supports the female in a poisson position.
fish doctor noun: Synonym of eelpout.
fish down verb: To move down the trophic chain of seafood, i.e. moving from fishing top-level predators to fishes lower in the food chain, as a result of overfishing...
fish duck noun: merganser
fish eagle noun: Any of certain species of the genus Haliaeetus (syn. Ichthyophaga) of birds of prey that feed on fish.
fish-eating adjective, noun: That eats fish; piscivorous.
fish-eating crocodile noun: Synonym of gharial
fish-eating rat noun: A New World rat of the genus Anotomys.
fish eye noun, verb: Alternative form of fisheye.
fish-eye lens noun: Alternative form of fisheye lens.
fish-eyed adjective, verb: Having eyes like those of fish.
fish-fag noun: A woman who sells fish.
fish farm noun: A place or facility dedicated to the raising of fish or other seafood for sale.
fish farmer noun: A person who rears fish for commercial purposes.
fish farming noun: The commercial activity of operating fish farms.
fish feed noun: Commercially manufactured feed for farmed fish
fish-filled adjective: Teeming with fish, abounding in fish, full of fish.
fish-finder noun: Alternative form of fishfinder.
fish finger noun: A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
fish food noun: Food for fish that are kept in aquaria; sprinkled on the surface of the water, usually in the form of dry flakes.
fish for compliments verb: To self-deprecate in order to induce someone to make a compliment.
fish fork noun: A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.
fish fry noun: A meal, especially a cookout, featuring deep-fried, battered fish.
fish fur noun: low-quality or fake fur used as a fabric for clothing
fish garth noun: A dam or weir in a river for raising fish.
fish gig noun: Alternative form of fishgig.
fish glue noun: isinglass
fish-goat noun: A sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
fish-handler's disease noun: A bacterial infection caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
fish hawk noun: Alternative form of fishhawk.
fish head noun: Alternative form of fishhead.
fish hook noun: Alternative form of fishhook (a hook used in fishing)
fish hook theory noun: Alternative form of fishhook theory
fish horn noun: A horn that produces a loud and penetrating sound, used by a fishmonger to announce that the catch is in.
fish house noun: Business that supports and buys from fishermen.
fish hurricane noun: Synonym of fish storm.
fish in troubled waters verb: To try to take advantage of a confused or troubled situation.
fish kettle noun: A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
fish kill noun: An underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populations
fish knife noun: A knife for cutting and serving fish at table.
fish kropeck noun: prawn crackers made with fish
fish ladder noun: A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
Fish Lake physa noun: Any member of species †Physella microstriata, now †Physella gyrina, of extinct freshwater snails endemic to Fish Lake in Utah, United States.
fish locoweed noun: Synonym of turkey mullein (Croton setiger)
fish louse noun: Certain members of class Copepoda.
fish malodor syndrome noun: Trimethylaminutia.
fish meal noun: Alternative spelling of fishmeal.
fish mint noun: Synonym of curled mint.
fish mongress noun: Alternative form of fishmongeress.
fish moon noun: A full moon in April.
fish 'n' chips noun: Alternative spelling of fish and chips.
fish odor syndrome noun: Trimethylaminuria.
fish oil noun: Oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially, a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule and tablet forms.
fish one's wish verb: To get what one desires; to get one's wish.
fish or cut bait verb: To make a decision, especially after a period of delay; to either take action now or forgo the opportunity.
fish out verb: To catch all or nearly all the fish in (a given body of water), so that few or none remain.
fish out of water adjective, noun: A person in unfamiliar and often uncomfortable surroundings.
fish owl noun: Any of group of four species of Asian owls within the genus Ketupa (syn. Bubo), resembling the eagle owl.
fish paper noun: A vulcanized fiber used in electronics for insulation; for example, in wrapping batteries.
fish pass noun: Synonym of fish ladder.
fish paste noun: Any of several varieties of spread, made from physically processed cooked fish with the addition of some cereal, traditionally eaten on toast.
fish pedicure noun: A cosmetic treatment in which the feet are submerged in a basin filled with small fish, typically the doctorfish, which nibble on dead skin cells.
fish poison tree noun: A tree of species Barringtonia asiatica, of the Brazil nut family, that yields a poison, native to tropical islands of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific.
fish pole noun: Alternative form of fishpole.
fish pond noun: Alternative spelling of fishpond.
fish pot noun: Alternative form of fishpot.
fish pound noun: A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.
fish sauce noun: A condiment made from fermented fish.
fish scale adjective, noun: Alternative form of fishscale.
fish science noun: Synonym of ichthyology
fish sciences noun: Synonym of ichthyology.
fish scrap noun: Fish, or their skins, from which oil or glue has been extracted.
fish shambles noun: A fishmarket.
fish skin noun: The skin of a fish.
fish-skin disease noun: Synonym of ichthyosis.
Fish-skin Tartar noun: A member of the Nanai people.
fish slice noun: A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs (commonly, burgers and omelettes) in a frying pan; a spatula.
fish steps noun: fish ladder
fish stick noun: A rectangular piece of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
fish stock noun: Living resources of one or several species of fish in a population or within a specific area.
fish storm noun: A storm, particularly a hurricane or tropical storm, which turns out in the open Atlantic or Pacific and poses no threat to land.
fish story noun: An exaggerated or boastful story.
fish strainer noun: A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot.
fish supper noun: Fish and chips.
fish tail noun: Alternative spelling of fishtail.
fish tale noun: Synonym of fish story (“tall tale”).
fish tank noun: A container, usually made out of glass or acrylic, specifically designed for holding water and marine life.
fish tape noun: A long strip of stiff metal, frequently kept on a spool, used to guide or draw wires and cables through a building.
fish tea noun: A spicy Caribbean soup resembling bouillon, made with fish, ground yam, pumpkin, cassava, and potatoes.
fish therapy noun: A type of biotherapy in which part of the body is submerged in water filled with fish which consume the dead skin of the participant.
fish to fry noun: A matter to attend to.
fish trap noun: Rare spelling of fish trap.
fish trowel noun: fish slice
fish up verb: To produce or find by fishing.
fish warden noun: A game warden who protects fish populations.
fish water noun: A Caribbean dish of stewed or boiled fish.
fish wheel noun: A water-powered device for catching fish that operates like a mill wheel.
fish wrap adjective, noun: A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose news reports are considered uninteresting or unreliable and whose editorial opinions are regarded with...
fish wrapper noun: Synonym of fish wrap.
fishability noun: The quality or degree of being fishable.
fishable adjective /ˈfɪʃəbəl/: Able to be fished legally
fishapod noun: Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
Fishback proper noun: A surname.
fishbait noun /ˈfɪʃˌbeɪt/: bait for fishing
fishball noun: A food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball, popular in Chinese and Scandinavian cuisine and elsewhere around the world.
fishbed noun: Alternative letter-case form of Fishbed.
Fishbein proper noun: A surname.
Fishbeinian adjective: Of or relating to the physician Morris Fishbein (1889–1976).
fishbelly noun: The belly of a fish.
fishbelly girder noun: Alternative form of fish belly girder.
fishberry noun: The poisonous fruit of Anamirta cocculus.
fishboat noun /ˈfɪʃ.boʊt/: A fishing boat.
fishbolt noun: A bolt used to fasten fishplates.
fishbone noun: A bone from a fish.
fishbone diagram noun /ˈfɪʃbəʊn ˈdaɪəɡɹæm/: An Ishikawa diagram.
fishboning noun: The use of fishbone diagrams.
fishborne adjective: Carried by fish
Fishbourne proper noun: A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5592).
fishbowl noun: Alternative form of fish bowl.
fishboy noun: A boy who catches, prepares, or sells fish.
fishburger noun: A burger made with fish instead of beef.
Fishburn proper noun: A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ364321).
Fishburne proper noun: A surname.
fishcake noun /ˈfɪʃˌkeɪk/: A mixture of flaked fish, mashed potato or another starch, and seasoning, made into a patty and shallow fried.
fishcam noun: A webcam used to capture and publish images of fish.
fishcamp noun: Alternative form of fish camp.
fishcatcher noun: a fisherman; someone who catches fish
fishcultural adjective: Synonym of piscicultural.
fishculture noun: Synonym of pisciculture.
fishculturist noun: Synonym of pisciculturist.
fishdom noun: The state of being a fish, or of belonging to the world of fish; fish collectively.
fished adjective, suffix, verb /fɪʃt/: Containing or loaded with fish.
fished out adjective, verb: Having had all or nearly all its fish caught, so that few or none remain.
Fishel proper noun: A surname.
fishen adjective: Relating to or characteristic of a fish; fishlike
fisher noun /ˈfɪʃə/: A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.
fisher-boat noun: A boat used for fishing.
fisher cat noun: A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
Fisher information noun: A measure of the amount of information that an observable random variable X carries about an unknown parameter θ of a distribution that models X. Formally,...
Fisher's seahorse noun: The sea horse Hippocampus fisheri.
Fisher-Yates shuffle noun: A particular algorithm for generating an unbiased random permutation of a set. It selects elements randomly from the initial set until none remain.
fisherboat noun: Alternative form of fisher-boat.
fisherboy noun: A boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
fisherellin noun: Any of a group of indole alkaloids, present in a cyanobacterium, that inhibit the growth of alga
fisheress noun: A female fisher.
fisherette noun: A female fisher (one who catches fish).
fisherfolk noun /ˈfɪʃəfəʊk/: People who fish for a living.
fishergirl noun: A girl employed in catching fish; a young fisherwoman.
Fisherian adjective: Of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
Fisherian runaway noun: A suggested sexual selection mechanism to account for the evolution of exaggerated male ornamentation (such as a peacock's plumage) by persistent,...
fisherman noun /ˈfɪʃ.ə.mən/: Any person who attempts to catch fish.
fisherman buster noun: A variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to lift them off the ground, and then performs a fisherman's suplex.
fisherman's knot noun: A type of bend that is a popular double overhand knot used to join two lines or ropes of equal thickness.
fisherman's loop noun: A loop knot made in the bight and favored by fishermen as quick and secure.
fisherman's luck noun: Failure to catch any fish.
fisherman's pie noun: A pie made with white fish (such as cod, haddock, or halibut) in a white or béchamel sauce made with the milk the fish was poached in.
fisherman's ring noun: A signet ring bearing an image of Saint Peter fishing, used in signing papal briefs.
fisherman's soup noun: halaszle
fisherman's suplex noun: A wrestling move. With their opponent in a front facelock with the near arm draped over the attacker's shoulder, the wrestler hooks the opponent's near leg...
fishermanlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a fisherman.
fishermanly adjective: Befitting a fisherman.
fishermanship noun: The skill or art of a fisherman.
fisherperson noun: A fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher.
fisherwife noun: A fisherman's wife.
fisherwoman noun /ˈfɪʃəˌwʊmən/: A woman who fishes.
fishery noun /ˈfɪʃəɹi/: Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
fishes noun, suffix, verb /ˈfɪʃɪz/: multiple kinds of fish
fishess noun: A female fish.
fishet noun: A young or small fish.
fishetarian noun /ˌfɪʃ.əˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/: A pescetarian; one who eats no meat other than fish.
fisheye noun, verb /ˈfɪʃˌaɪ/: An unfriendly or suspicious glance.
fisheye lens noun: A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by...
fisheyed adjective, verb: Alternative form of fish-eyed.
fishfag noun: Synonym of fishwife (“female fishmonger”).
fishfall noun: A kind of tackle on a davit.
fishfeed noun: Alternative form of fish feed.
fishfinder noun: An electronic device that uses sonar to measure water depth and shows outlines of fish and bottom features on a LCD or CRT screen
fishfinding noun: The location of fish by means of a fishfinder device.
fishfinger noun: Alternative form of fish finger.
fishfly noun: A mayfly.
fishfolk noun: Fish collectively, especially when treated anthropomorphically as a culture.
fishfood noun: Alternative form of fish food.
fishful adjective /ˈfɪʃfəl/: Abounding in fish.
fishgarth noun: A fishweir.
fishgig noun: A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.
fishgirl noun: A girl who catches, prepares, or sells fish.
Fishguard proper noun: A coastal town in Fishguard and Goodwick community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9537).
fishhawk noun: The osprey.
fishhead noun /ˈfɪʃhɛd/: The head of a fish.
fishhood noun: The state or condition of being a fish.
fishhook noun, verb /ˈfɪʃˌhʊk/: A barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing.
fishhook flea noun: fishhook waterflea, Cercopagis pengoi
fishhook theory noun: The theory, sometimes suggested by socialist activists, that centrists and the "far right" are politically allied.
fishhooks noun: plural of fishhook
fishhouse noun /ˈfɪʃ.haʊs/: A business located at the water's edge that provides support to fishermen and which buys and then processes and onsells their catch.
fishified adjective, verb: Which has been made into a fish or fishlike.
fishify verb /ˈfɪʃɪfʌɪ/: To change (flesh) to fish; to transform into a fish.
fishily adverb: In a fishy manner
fishin' adjective, noun, verb: Pronunciation spelling of fishing.
fishiness noun: The quality of being fishy.
fishing noun, suffix, verb /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/: The act of catching fish.
fishing boat noun: A boat used for fishing.
fishing cat noun: A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).
fishing eagle noun: An eagle of the genus Haliaeetus, a sea eagle
fishing expedition noun: A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up.
fishing frog noun: Any fish of the genus Lophius.
fishing ground noun: An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
fishing hook noun: A (generally barbed) sharp curved implement used to catch fish using a line.
fishing line noun: A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under F: 25,498 words, in 85 parts.