7-letter words containing i, m, e
- episome — A genetic element inside some bacterial cells, especially the DNA of some bacteriophages, that can replicate independently of the host and also in association with a chromosome with which it becomes integrated.
- epithem — an external topical application
- epitome — A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
- epitomy — Misspelling of epitome.
- eremite — A Christian hermit or recluse.
- ermelin — an ermine
- ermined — Simple past tense and past participle of ermine.
- ermines — Fur resembling ermine but with white spots on a black ground.
- erodium — (botany) Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
- erotism — Sexual desire or excitement; eroticism.
- etacism — (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word 'ate'.
- etamine — a cotton or worsted fabric of loose weave, used for clothing, curtains, etc
- ethmoid — A square bone at the root of the nose, forming part of the cranium, and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- examine — Inspect (someone or something) in detail to determine their nature or condition; investigate thoroughly.
- examing — Present participle of exam.
- examins — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of examin.
- excimer — An unstable molecule that is formed in an excited state by the combination of two smaller molecules or atoms and rapidly dissociates with emission of radiation. Such species are utilized in some kinds of lasers.
- exclaim — Cry out suddenly, esp. in surprise, anger, or pain.
- exuvium — something that is cast off, such as the exoskeleton of an animal
- famille — Chinese enameled porcelain of particular periods in the 17th and 18th centuries with a predominant color, famille jaune.
- famines — Plural form of famine.
- fem lib — women's liberation.
- femidom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
- feminal — Of or pertaining to women, femininity or feminism.
- feminie — womankind; women collectively
- fermion — any particle that obeys the exclusion principle and Fermi-Dirac statistics; fermions have spins that are half an odd integer: 1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ….
- fermium — a transuranic element. Symbol: Fm; atomic number: 100.
- fideism — exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- fiefdom — the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
- figment — a mere product of mental invention; a fantastic notion: The noises in the attic were just a figment of his imagination.
- filemot — a brown colour like that of a dead leaf
- filmset — to photocompose.
- firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- fireman — a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- firemen — Plural form of fireman.
- firmest — Superlative form of firm.
- fitment — equipment; furnishing.
- fleming — Sir Alexander, 1881–1955, Scottish bacteriologist and physician: discoverer of penicillin 1928; Nobel Prize in Medicine 1945.
- flemish — of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language.
- foamier — Comparative form of foamy.
- fomites — any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- fulmine — fulminate
- gambier — an astringent extract obtained from the leaves and young shoots of a tropical Asian shrub, Uncaria gambir, of the madder family, used in medicine, dyeing, tanning, etc.
- gametic — a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- gamines — Plural form of gamine.
- geekism — a preoccupation with subjects that are generally considered as unfashionable or boring
- gemclip — a paperclip
- gemelli — Pasta in the form of two short rods twisted around each other.
- gemfish — A bottom-dwelling fish, of the family Gempylidae, which inhabits deep waters off of southern Australia.
- geminal — Denoting substituent atoms or groups, especially protons, attached to the same atom in a molecule.