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10-letter words that end in sh

  • open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
  • outlandish — freakishly or grotesquely strange or odd, as appearance, dress, objects, ideas, or practices; bizarre: outlandish clothes; outlandish questions.
  • overlavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
  • oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
  • paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
  • paintbrush — a brush for applying paint, as one used in painting houses or one used in painting pictures.
  • parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
  • peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
  • pebbledash — to cover with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
  • pepperbush — sweet pepperbush.
  • petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
  • petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
  • phantomish — resembling or reminiscent of a phantom
  • photoflash — flashbulb.
  • picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
  • pilot fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
  • pilot-fish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
  • prepublish — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • priestfish — blue rockfish.
  • queer fish — strange person
  • rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
  • relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
  • ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
  • river fish — a freshwater fish
  • rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
  • rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
  • ruffianish — like a ruffian
  • salt marsh — a marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea.
  • shrimpfish — any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates.
  • silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
  • sling hash — a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
  • spike-rush — any perennial plant of the temperate cyperaceous genus Eleocharis, occurring esp by ponds, and having underground stems, narrow leaves, and small flowers
  • sport fish — a type of fish that is prized for the sport it gives the angler in its capture rather than for its value as food.
  • squauwmish — Squamish.
  • stonebrash — a type of subsoil consisting of small or broken stones or rock
  • strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
  • suckerfish — remora.
  • sugar bush — an evergreen shrub, Rhus ovata, of the cashew family, native to the desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having light yellow flowers in short, dense spikes and hairy, dark-red fruit.
  • swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
  • talk trash — to engage in trash talk
  • tetterbush — an evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, of the southeastern U.S., having leathery leaves and white to pink flowers.
  • the salish — the peoples collectively who speak these languages, divided in Canada into the Coast Salish and the Interior Salish
  • threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
  • throatlash — the strap that holds a bridle in place, fastening under the horse's jaw
  • tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
  • tooth rash — strophulus.
  • toothbrush — a small brush with a long handle, for cleaning the teeth.
  • trash fish — a fish traditionally sold only for animal feed or manufactured products.
  • trollopish — like or typical of a trollop
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