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.
bluefish
bluefish
noun
(Bermuda) The puddingwife wrasse (Halichoeres radiatus).
(Canada) An Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus).
(Malaysia) Kyphosus vaigiensis.
(UK) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
A New Zealand bluefish (Girella cyanea).
A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
blushful
blushful
adj
Full of blushes.
boarfish
boarfish
noun
The Caproidae
The Pentacerotidae
bonchief
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
brushful
brushful
noun
A sufficient quantity to fill the bristles of a brush.
brushoff
brushoff
noun
Alternative spelling of brush-off
bulfinch
bullhoof
burrfish
burrfish
noun
Chilomycterus schoepfi, a fish of the family Diodontidae distinguished from the porcupinefish by the shorter and blunter spines covering the somewhat spherical body.
bushfire
bushfire
noun
(Australia) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
bushwife
combfish
combfish
noun
An Australasian wrasse, Coris picta, having a comb-like stripe
crabfish
crabfish
noun
(archaic) A freshwater crab found in Southern European rivers, streams, and lakes, Potamon fluviatile or Cancer fluviatilis.
(archaic) A lobster or crayfish.
dumbfish
fahlband
fahlband
noun
(geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
feeblish
feeblish
adj
Somewhat feeble.
fishable
fishable
adj
(of a lake, pond etc.) Able to be fished in, able to be used for fishing
(of a species of fish) Able to be fished legally
(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
fishback
fishbein
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
flaxbush
flaxbush
noun
The bush (genus Phormium) bearing New Zealand flax.
flybrush
folberth
footbath
footbath
noun
A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with.
A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet.
The act of soaking or washing the feet.
forbathe
forbathe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To bathe abundantly or thoroughly.
forebush
friborgh
frithbot
frubbish
halfback
halfback
noun
(American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.
(Australian rules football) One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
(Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
(field hockey) A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
(field sports) Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
(rugby) The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
verb
To play in the position of halfback.
halfbeak
halfbeak
noun
(zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
herbwife
hoofbeat
hoofbeat
noun
The sound of a hoof striking the ground.
numbfish
numbfish
noun
An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.