garfish | (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | Synonyms: billfish, gar, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus |
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garnish | (noun) any decoration added as a trimming or adornment | - |
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(noun) something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration | - |
gash | (noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument | Synonyms: slash |
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(noun) a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation | Synonyms: cut |
(noun) a wound made by cutting | Synonyms: cut, slash, slice |
ghostfish | (noun) eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth | Synonyms: Cryptacanthodes maculatus, wrymouth |
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gibberish | (noun) unintelligible talking | Synonyms: gibber |
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globefish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish |
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goatfish | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet |
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goldenbush | (noun) a plant of the genus Haplopappus | - |
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(noun) any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America | - |
goldfish | (noun) small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes | Synonyms: Carassius auratus |
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golosh | (noun) a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow | Synonyms: arctic, galosh, gumshoe, rubber |
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goosefish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish |
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gooseflesh | (noun) reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation | Synonyms: goose bump, goose pimple, goose skin, goosebump, horripilation, pilomotor reflex |
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goulash | (noun) a rich meat stew highly seasoned with paprika | Synonyms: gulyas, Hungarian goulash |
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groundfish | (noun) fish that live on the sea bottom (particularly the commercially important gadoid fish like cod and haddock, or flatfish like flounder) | Synonyms: bottom fish |
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guitarfish | (noun) primitive tropical bottom-dwelling ray with a guitar-shaped body | - |
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gush | (noun) an unrestrained expression of emotion | Synonyms: blowup, ebullition, effusion, outburst |
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(noun) a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | Synonyms: flush, outpouring |
hagfish | (noun) eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies | Synonyms: hag, slime eels |
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hairbrush | (noun) a brush used to groom a person's hair | - |
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harvestfish | (noun) butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina | Synonyms: Paprilus alepidotus |
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hash | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hasheesh, hashish |
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(noun) chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned | - |
hasheesh | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hashish |
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hashish | (noun) purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen | Synonyms: haschisch, hash, hasheesh |
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headfish | (noun) among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: mola, ocean sunfish, sunfish |
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hogfish | (noun) found from Long Island southward | Synonyms: Orthopristis chrysopterus, pigfish |
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(noun) large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout | Synonyms: hog snapper, Lachnolaimus maximus |
hogwash | (noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | Synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, rot |
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horsefish | (noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horse-head, horsehead, moonfish, Selene setapinnis |
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horseflesh | (noun) the flesh of horses as food | Synonyms: horsemeat |
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horseradish | (noun) grated horseradish root | - |
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(noun) coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root | Synonyms: Armoracia rusticana, horse radish, red cole |
(noun) the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning | Synonyms: horseradish root |
hush | (noun) (poetic) tranquil silence | Synonyms: still, stillness |
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inrush | (noun) an inflow | Synonyms: inpour, inpouring |
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jawfish | (noun) small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes | - |
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jellyfish | (noun) any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | - |
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(noun) large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | Synonyms: man-of-war, Portuguese man-of-war |
jewfish | (noun) large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales | Synonyms: Mycteroperca bonaci |
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(noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: mulloway, Sciaena antarctica |
killifish | (noun) small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control | - |
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kingfish | (noun) any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast | - |
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(noun) large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | Synonyms: cero, pintado, Scomberomorus regalis |
(noun) small silvery marine food fish found off California | Synonyms: chenfish, Genyonemus lineatus, white croaker |
(noun) large game fish of Australia and New Zealand | Synonyms: Seriola grandis |
(noun) the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States | - |
knish | (noun) (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack | - |
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ladyfish | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, tenpounder |
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lancetfish | (noun) large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail | Synonyms: lancet fish, wolffish |
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lanternfish | (noun) small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night | - |
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lash | (noun) a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object | Synonyms: whip, whiplash |
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(noun) leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip | Synonyms: thong |
(noun) any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | Synonyms: cilium, eyelash |
lawyerbush | (noun) stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth | Synonyms: bush lawyer, lawyer bush, Rubus australis, Rubus cissoides |
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leash | (noun) a figurative restraint | Synonyms: collar |
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(noun) restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal | Synonyms: lead, tether |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
leatherfish | (noun) any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes | Synonyms: leatherjacket |
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lionfish | (noun) brightly striped fish of the tropical Pacific having elongated spiny fins | - |
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lizardfish | (noun) tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide | Synonyms: snake-fish, snakefish |
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lumpfish | (noun) clumsy soft thick-bodied northern Atlantic fish with pelvic fins fused into a sucker; edible roe used for caviar | Synonyms: Cyclopterus lumpus |
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lungfish | (noun) air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought | - |
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lush | (noun) a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | Synonyms: alcoholic, alky, boozer, dipsomaniac, soaker, souse |
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macintosh | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, mack, mackintosh |
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(noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: mackintosh |
mackintosh | (noun) a lightweight waterproof (usually rubberized) fabric | Synonyms: macintosh |
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(noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mack |
marsh | (noun) low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water | Synonyms: fen, fenland, marshland |
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mash | (noun) mixture of ground animal feeds | - |
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(noun) a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing | - |
matchbush | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches | Synonyms: matchweed |
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mayfish | (noun) black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States | Synonyms: Fundulus majalis, may fish, striped killifish |
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mensh | (noun) a decent responsible person with admirable characteristics | Synonyms: mensch |
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mesh | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlock, interlocking, meshing |
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(noun) an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals | Synonyms: meshing, meshwork, net, network |
(noun) the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component | Synonyms: mesh topology |
(noun) contact by fitting together | Synonyms: engagement, interlocking, meshing |
(noun) the number of openings per linear inch of a screen; measures size of particles | - |
minniebush | (noun) low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs | Synonyms: Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush |
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mishmash | (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
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monkfish | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey | Synonyms: allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte |
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(noun) sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | Synonyms: angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina |
(noun) flesh of a large-headed anglerfish of the Atlantic waters of North America | - |
moonfish | (noun) large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean | Synonyms: Lampris regius, opah |
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(noun) any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies | Synonyms: Atlantic moonfish, dollarfish, horse-head, horsefish, horsehead, Selene setapinnis |
mosquitofish | (noun) silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control | Synonyms: Gambusia affinis |
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mouthwash | (noun) a medicated solution used for gargling and rinsing the mouth | Synonyms: gargle |
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mush | (noun) a journey by dogsled | - |
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(noun) writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | Synonyms: glop, slop, treacle |
(noun) cornmeal boiled in water | Synonyms: cornmeal mush |
(noun) any soft or soggy mass | Synonyms: pulp |
musquash | (noun) beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur | Synonyms: muskrat, Ondatra zibethica |
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muttonfish | (noun) similar to and often marketed as `red snapper' | Synonyms: Lutjanus analis, mutton snapper |
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nailbrush | (noun) a brush used to clean a person's fingernails | - |
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nebbish | (noun) (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton | Synonyms: nebbech |
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needlebush | (noun) shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia | Synonyms: Hakea lissosperma, needle-bush, needle bush |
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needlefish | (noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates | Synonyms: pipefish |
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(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: billfish, gar |
newsflash | (noun) a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | Synonyms: flash, news bulletin, newsbreak |
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nosh | (noun) (Yiddish) a snack or light meal | - |
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numbfish | (noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges | Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, torpedo |
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oarfish | (noun) thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin | Synonyms: king of the herring, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish |
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oilfish | (noun) very large deep-water snake mackerel | Synonyms: Ruvettus pretiosus |
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onrush | (noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) | Synonyms: attack, onset, onslaught |
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(noun) a forceful forward rush or flow | - |
oysterfish | (noun) a variety of toadfish | Synonyms: oyster-fish, oyster fish |
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paddlefish | (noun) primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | Synonyms: duckbill, Polyodon spathula |
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paintbrush | (noun) a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint) | - |
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panfish | (noun) any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market | - |
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parish | (noun) a local church community | - |
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(noun) the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor | - |
parrotfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: polly fish, pollyfish |
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pearlfish | (noun) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | Synonyms: pearl-fish |
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photoflash | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun |
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pigfish | (noun) found from Long Island southward | Synonyms: hogfish, Orthopristis chrysopterus |
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(noun) found around the Great Barrier Reef | Synonyms: Achoerodus gouldii, giant pigfish |
pigwash | (noun) wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk | Synonyms: pigswill, slop, slops, swill |
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pilotfish | (noun) small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas | Synonyms: Naucrates ductor |
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pinfish | (noun) similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States | Synonyms: Lagodon rhomboides, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish |
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pipefish | (noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates | Synonyms: needlefish |
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plash | (noun) the sound like water splashing | Synonyms: splash |
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plush | (noun) a fabric with a nap that is longer and softer than velvet | - |
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polish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: burnish, gloss, glossiness |
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(noun) a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality | Synonyms: cultivation, culture, finish, refinement |
(noun) a preparation used in polishing | - |
pollyfish | (noun) gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth | Synonyms: parrotfish, polly fish |
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porcupinefish | (noun) spines become erect when the body is inflated; worldwide in warm waters | Synonyms: Diodon hystrix, porcupine fish |
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porkfish | (noun) black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil | Synonyms: Anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish |
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potash | (noun) a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry | Synonyms: caustic potash, potassium hydroxide |
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puckerbush | (noun) evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles | Synonyms: bay myrtle, Myrica cerifera |
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pufferfish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, globefish, puffer |
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(noun) delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, sea squab |
push | (noun) the act of applying force in order to move something away | Synonyms: pushing |
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(noun) an effort to advance | - |
(noun) an electrical switch operated by pressing | Synonyms: button, push button |
(noun) enterprising or ambitious drive | Synonyms: energy, get-up-and-go |
(noun) the force used in pushing | Synonyms: thrust |
quamash | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America | Synonyms: camas, camash, camass, camosh |
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queenfish | (noun) silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters | Synonyms: Seriphus politus, white croaker |
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