9-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
- gaminerie — the impish or mischievous behaviour of a gamin or gamine
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gemmiform — shaped like a bud.
- genderism — The belief that gender is a binary, comprising male and female, and that the aspects of a person's gender are inherently linked to their sex at birth.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- germ line — the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells
- germ-like — resembling a germ
- germanide — (chemistry) any binary compound of germanium and a more electropositive element.
- germanism — a usage, idiom, or other feature that is characteristic of the German language.
- germanist — a specialist in the study of German culture, literature, or linguistics.
- germanite — a mineral consisting of a complex copper arsenic sulphide containing germanium, gallium, iron, zinc, and lead: an ore of germanium and gallium
- 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.
- germanize — to adopt or cause to adopt German customs, speech, institutions, etc
- germicide — an agent for killing germs or microorganisms.
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germinant — beginning to grow or develop; germinating.
- germinate — to begin to grow or develop.
- germiness — the state of being germy
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- glimmered — Simple past tense and past participle of glimmer.
- glomeruli — Irregular plural form of glomerulus.
- goldminer — a person who mines gold or works in a gold mine.
- gosperism — /gos'p*r-izm/ A hack, invention, or saying due to arch-hacker R. William (Bill) Gosper. This notion merits its own term because there are so many of them. Many of the entries in HAKMEM are Gosperisms. See also life.
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- greenmail — the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid.
- griminess — The characteristic or quality of being grimy.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- hammering — The sound or action of hammering something.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- hardiment — hardihood.
- harlemite — a native or inhabitant of Harlem.
- harmaline — a chemical derived from the harmala plant, used as a hallucinogen or used in conjunction with other hallucinogens
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- harmonite — a member of a celibate religious sect that emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in 1803.
- harmonize — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.