fishskinnounAlternative form of fish skin.
fishstocknounThe fish living in a particular body of water.
fishtailnounThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
fishtailedverbsimple past and past participle of fishtail
fishtanknounAlternative form of fish tank.
FishtarnameThe 1995 film Waterworld, known for its runaway production costs.
fishwaynounA structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
fishweirnounAn obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
fishwichnounA burger with a filling of breaded fish.
fishwifenounA woman who sells or works with fish; a female fishmonger.
fishwifelyadjBefitting a fishwife; vulgar and raucous.
fishwormnounA worm used as bait in angling.
fishwortnounHouttuynia cordata, a herbaceous perennial plant sometimes used as a herb.
fishyadjOf, from, or similar to fish.
fishy queennounA drag queen who adopts a particularly feminine appearance.
fishybacknounA system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.
fiskverbTo run about; to fist; to whisk.
FiskernameA surname from the North Germanic languages.
FiskianadjOf or relating to the geologist H. N. Fisk.
fiskingnounA rebuttal to an article or blog made by quoting its content in sections and refuting each section individually.
FiskvillenameA locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
fisnoganounSynonym of p'tcha (“calves'-foot jelly”).
fissverbTo split apart into multiple entities.
fissbannounA ban on the production of fissile material.
fissgignounObsolete form of fizgig (“a type of harpoon”).
fissinounSarotherodon caroli, a cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon.
fissilitynounThe quality of being fissile (in any sense).
fissionnounThe process whereby one item splits to become two.
fission bombnounAn atomic bomb that uses nuclear fission as a source of energy
fissionableadjCapable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
fissioningnounThe act of splitting into two separate parts
fissionistnounA scientist who works on nuclear fission.
fissiparismnounfission (splitting to form two daughter cells.)
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