9-letter words containing m, e, g
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
- bowl game — bowl1 (def 8).
- bregmatic — of or relating to the bregma
- bridgeman — a person who works on a bridge or on the construction of bridges.
- brummagem — something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- bubblegum — a type of chewing gum that can be blown into large bubbles through the lips.
- bugger me — Some people say bugger me to emphasize that they are very surprised about something.
- cablegram — a message sent by undersea cable
- cambering — a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- cambridge — city in E Mass., across the Charles River from Boston: pop. 101,000
- campering — a person who camps out for recreation, especially in the wilderness.
- card game — A card game is a game that is played using a set of playing cards.
- cementing — Present participle of cement.
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clergymen — a member of the clergy.
- co-manage — to manage (something) jointly
- cognomens — Plural form of cognomen.
- collegium — (in the former Soviet Union) a board in charge of a department
- come good — to recover and perform well after a bad start or setback
- comingled — Simple past tense and past participle of comingle.
- commingle — to mix or be mixed; blend
- commonage — the use of something, esp a pasture, in common with others
- compagnie — company.
- compering — a host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.
- competing — Competing ideas, requirements, or interests cannot all be right or satisfied at the same time.
- compiegne — a city in N France, on the Oise River: scene of the armistice at the end of World War I (1918) and of the Franco-German armistice of 1940. Pop: 41 714 (2007)
- cosmogeny — (dated) cosmogony.
- cream jug — a small jug for serving cream
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- cumbering — Present participle of cumber.
- dampening — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- dangerman — (sports, British) A player on an opposing side who poses a significant threat.
- de morgan — Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
- de-mining — the process of removing landmines
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- degerming — to rid of germs.
- degumming — The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.
- dekagrams — Plural form of dekagram.
- demagogic — If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.