9-letter words containing s, m, i, e
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flimsiest — Superlative form of flimsy.
- foaminess — The state or quality of being foamy.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formulise — formulate.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- frenemies — Plural form of frenemy.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- gaelicism — a word, phrase or idiom peculiar to the Gaelic language
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gelsemine — a bitter crystalline alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine vine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
- gelsemium — the dried rhizome and root of yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative in the form of a powder, tincture, or fluid extract.
- gemfishes — Plural form of gemfish.
- geminates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of geminate.
- gemminess — the state or quality of being gemmy or gemlike
- 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.
- gentilism — the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geonomics — a doctrine holding that humans own what is created by them, but that those things found in nature, such as land, belong to no one person but instead belong equally to all mankind
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- 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.
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- germiness — the state of being germy
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- gladsheim — the golden palace of Odin, of which Valhalla was a part.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- gloomiest — Superlative form of gloomy.
- 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.
- griminess — The characteristic or quality of being grimy.
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guildsmen — a member of a guild.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gumminess — The state or condition of being gummy.
- gumshield — a plate or strip of soft waxy substance used by boxers to protect the teeth and gums
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hamminess — The state of being hammy.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hashemite — (mineral) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, chromium, oxygen, and sulfur.
- hashimite — a member of any Arab dynasty in the Middle East founded by Husein ibn-Ali or his descendants.
- healthism — The use of propaganda and coercion (as by government or advertising) to impose established norms of health.