9-letter words containing s, o, e, m
- firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
- fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- foaminess — The state or quality of being foamy.
- for shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- foremasts — Plural form of foremast.
- forenames — Plural form of forename.
- 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.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- framboise — raspberry.
- freemason — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- fulsomely — In a fulsome manner.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- gambadoes — Gamashes; spatterdashes.
- game show — a television or radio program in which contestants answer questions or play games of skill or chance in order to win money or other prizes.
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gasometer — an apparatus for measuring and storing gas in a laboratory.
- gasometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of gasometer.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- gemstones — Plural form of gemstone.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.
- geometers — Plural form of geometer.
- 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
- germanous — containing bivalent germanium.
- germiston — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
- gloomiest — Superlative form of gloomy.
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- goosebump — The bumps on a person's skin, at the base of body hair, which may involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions.
- 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.
- gossamere — Obsolete form of gossamer.
- gossamers — Plural form of gossamer.
- gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- greedsome — greedy
- greensome — a match for two pairs in which each of the four players tees off and after selecting the better drive the partners of each pair play that ball alternately
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- groomsmen — Plural form of groomsman.
- guestroom — a room for the lodging of guests.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- handsomer — having an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking: a handsome man; a handsome woman.
- handsomes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsome.
- harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
- harmonise — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- hasmonean — a member of a priestly family of Jewish rulers and leaders in Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c.