catfishes 9 3 verb v noun • flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
• large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
• any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
verb • To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity
goldfishes 10 3 noun n noun • small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
angelfishes 11 4 noun n noun • A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
• A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
archerfishes 12 4 verb, noun v, n noun • Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
baitfishes 10 4 noun n
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bakshishes 10 4 noun n noun • a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
banishes 8 4 verb v verb • expel from a community or group
• ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
• expel, as if by official decree
• drive away
batfishes 9 3 noun n noun • Any of several anglerfish of the family Ogcocephalidae
• Any of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
billfishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
• Other fish with elongated jaws:
blackfishes 11 3 noun n noun • The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
• Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
• A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
• Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
• Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
blandishes 10 4 verb v verb • praise somewhat dishonestly
blemishes 9 4 noun n noun • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
verb • mar or spoil the appearance of
• mar or impair with a flaw
• add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
blindfishes 11 3 noun n
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blowfishes 10 3 noun • 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.
• 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.
bonefishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
• A surgeonfish of the family Acanthuridae, especially genus Acanthurus.
• A doctorfish, common dogfish, Squalus acanthias.
boxfishes 9 3 noun n noun • Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
• Certain species in Ostraciidae, principally in genus Ostracion.
brandishes 10 4 verb v verb • move or swing back and forth
• exhibit aggressively
burnishes 9 4 verb v noun • the property of being smooth and shiny
verb • polish and make shiny
butterfishes 12 4 noun n noun • Any of various species of fish having a slippery mucous coating, especially
candlefishes 12 4 noun n noun • An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
cavefishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters.
cherishes 9 4 verb v verb • be fond of; be attached to
clingfishes 11 3 verb, noun v, n noun • A small marine fish of the family Gobiesocidae which has a sucking disc on its underside that it uses to cling to rocks and seaweed.
coalfishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
codfishes 9 3 adjective adj noun • A cod (the fish).
• The flesh of the cod as food.
cowfishes 9 3 adjective adj noun • Any of genera Acanthostracion and Lactoria, of the boxfish family Ostraciidae.
• The grampus, Grampus griseus, Risso's dolphin.
• A common bottlenose dolphin of California, Tursiops truncatus gillii.
• A marine plectognath fish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species, having two projections, like horns, in front.
• A common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus)
crampfishes 11 3 noun n
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crawfishes 10 3 verb, noun v, n noun • (Midwest US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
• Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
• A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
crayfishes 10 3 noun n noun • warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California
• tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
• small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
• large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters
cuttlefishes 12 4 noun n noun • ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
damselfishes 12 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun • Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family.
danishes 8 4 noun n adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of Denmark or the Danes or their language
noun • a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark
• light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese
dealfishes 10 3 noun n noun • A deep-sea ribbonfish, Trachipterus arcticus, from the north Atlantic
dervishes 9 4 noun n noun • an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
devilfishes 11 4 noun n noun • Any of several unrelated marine animals
dogfishes 9 3 noun n noun • Any of various small sharks
• The bowfin, Amia calva.
dolphinfishes 13 4 noun n
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englishes 9 4 noun n adjective • of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people
• of or relating to the English language
noun • an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
• the people of England
• the discipline that studies the English language and literature
• (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist
fetishes 8 4 noun n noun • a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
• a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
• excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
filefishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
finishes 8 4 verb v noun • a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
• the temporal end; the concluding time
• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
• the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
• designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
• the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
• event whose occurrence ends something
• (wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
• the act of finishing
verb • come or bring to a finish or an end
• finally be or do something
• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
• provide with a finish
• finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
• cause to finish a relationship with somebody
flatfishes 10 3 noun n noun • sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
• any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
flemishes 9 4 adjective • of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
noun • an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
• one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
flourishes 10 4 verb v noun • a showy gesture
• an ornamental embellishment in writing
• a display of ornamental speech or language
• the act of waving
• (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
verb • grow vigorously
• make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
• move or swing back and forth
foolfishes 10 3 noun n
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furbishes 9 4 verb v verb • polish and make shiny
furnishes 9 4 verb v verb • give something useful or necessary to
• provide or equip with furniture
garnishes 9 4 verb, noun v, n noun • something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
• any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
verb • take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
globefishes 11 3 noun • Any of many marine fish in the family Tetraodontidae, especially the puffer or sunfish, that can inflate itself to form a globe.
goatfishes 10 3 noun n noun • Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin.
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