8-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- flimsier — Comparative form of flimsy.
- forelimb — a front limb of an animal.
- foremilk — colostrum.
- foretime — former or past time; the past.
- framekit — (language) A frame language.
- freemium — a sales strategy, especially on the Internet, in which the basic product or service is free, but customers are charged for additional features and content.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- frienemy — Alternative form of frenemy.
- frimaire — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the third month of the year, extending from November 21 to December 20.
- gem iron — a heavy, usually cast-iron oven dish used for baking small cakes (gems)
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- germaine — a female given name.
- germania — an ancient region in central Europe, N of the Danube River.
- germanic — of or relating to the Teutons or their languages.
- germiest — Superlative form of germy.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- germline — Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
- geronimo — (Goyathlay) 1829–1909, American Apache Indian chief.
- gisarmes — Plural form of gisarme.
- gleamier — Comparative form of gleamy.
- glimmers — Plural form of glimmer.
- glimmery — Glimmering; shimmery.
- gloomier — Comparative form of gloomy.
- gordimer — Nadine, 1923–2014, South African short-story writer and novelist: Nobel Prize 1991.
- graecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- grammies — Plural form of grammy.
- grampies — Plural form of grampy.
- gregatim — in flocks or crowds
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- grimaced — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- grimaces — Make a grimace.
- grimiest — Superlative form of grimy.
- grimmest — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grimoire — a manual of magic or witchcraft used by witches and sorcerers.
- grumphie — a familiar name for a pig.
- grumpier — Comparative form of grumpy.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- haeremai — a Māori expression of welcome
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- herkimer — Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general.
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.