9-letter words containing i, m, u
- gemutlich — comfortable and pleasant; cozy.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- gin rummy — gin4 (def 1).
- ginglymus — a joint in which movement is limited to one plane.
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- glomeruli — Irregular plural form of glomerulus.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- gonangium — a reproductive polyp of a colonial hydroid, giving rise asexually to medusa buds.
- grumbling — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grundyism — a prudish adherence to conventionality, especially in personal behavior.
- guamanian — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- guildsmen — a member of a guild.
- guillaume — Charles Édouard [French sharl ey-dwar] /French ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, Swiss physicist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- guillemet — one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
- guillemin — Roger (Charles Louis) [roj-er chahrlz loo-ee;; French raw-zhey sharl lwee] /ˈrɒdʒ ər tʃɑrlz ˈlu i;; French rɔˈʒeɪ ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), born 1924, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1977.
- guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
- gum elemi — elemi.
- gum field — an area of land containing buried fossilized kauri gum
- gum print — a print made by the gum bichromate process.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gumminess — The state or condition of being gummy.
- gummosity — the quality of being gummous
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- gumshield — a plate or strip of soft waxy substance used by boxers to protect the teeth and gums
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- gunsmiths — Plural form of gunsmith.
- guttiform — shaped like a drop.
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- hammurabi — 18th century b.c. or earlier, king of Babylonia.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- helium ii — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
- hematuria — the presence of blood in the urine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- high jump — sport: jumping over a high bar
- high-jump — to participate in the high jump; compete as a high jumper.
- hilversum — a city in central Netherlands.
- hirsutism — excessive hairiness, especially in women.
- home unit — a self-contained residence which is part of a series of similar residences
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hospitium — a hospice.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanists — Plural form of humanist.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.