7-letter words containing r, i, m
- 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.
- germain — a female given name.
- germina — a germ.
- gisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- glimmer — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
- gloriam — for glory.
- gomeril — a fool.
- gourami — a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
- graming — Present participle of grame.
- gramsci — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1937, Italian political leader and theorist: a founder of the Italian Communist Party 1921.
- grecism — the spirit of Greek thought, art, etc.
- gremial — a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- gremlin — a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- gremmie — a novice surfer or one with poor form.
- grimace — a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
- grimily — In a grimy manner.
- griming — Present participle of grime.
- grimmer — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- grimsby — a seaport in Humberside county, in E England at the mouth of the Humber estuary.
- gripman — a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.
- gripmen — Plural form of gripman.
- grisham — John. born 1955, US novelist and lawyer; his legal thrillers, many of which have been filmed, include A Time to Kill (1989), The Pelican Brief (1992), and The Summons (2002)
- guruism — the state of being a guru
- hadarim — plural of heder.
- harmine — an alkaloid drug, C13H12N2O, present in ayahuasca and used in medicine as a stimulant
- harming — Present participle of harm.
- haverim — friend; comrade; companion.
- heirdom — heirship; inheritance.
- hermite — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- hermits — Plural form of hermit.
- heroism — the qualities or attributes of a hero or heroine: He showed great heroism in battle.
- heurism — the educational principle of acquiring knowledge through empirical study and practical experience
- him/her — him or her
- himmler — Heinrich [hahyn-rikh] /ˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, German Nazi leader and chief of the secret police.
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- humbird — (obsolete) A hummingbird.
- humidor — a container or storage room for cigars or other preparations of tobacco, fitted with means for keeping the tobacco suitably moist.
- imagery — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- imbiber — to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
- imbower — Archaic form of embower.
- imbrace — Obsolete spelling of embrace.
- imbrued — Simple past tense and past participle of imbrue.
- imbrues — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbrue.
- imbrute — to reduce to a bestial state
- imburse — (obsolete) To supply or stock with money.
- immerge — to plunge, as into a fluid.
- immerse — to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
- immoral — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- immured — to enclose within walls.
- immures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immure.