9-letter words containing am
- gaminerie — the impish or mischievous behaviour of a gamin or gamine
- gamma ray — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
- gammadion — a decorative figure composed of a number of Greek capital gammas, esp radiating from a centre, as in a swastika
- gammagram — a record of the intensity and distribution of radioactivity in tissue following the application of radioactive tracers; scintigram.
- gammoning — Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.
- gaudeamus — a university students' gathering or merry-making
- gaugamela — an ancient village in Assyria, E of Nineveh: Alexander the Great defeated Darius III here in 331 b.c. The battle is often mistakenly called “battle of Arbela.”.
- gigameter — Alternative spelling of gigametre.
- gigametre — (chiefly, International, British, Canada) A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres.
- gilgamesh — a legendary Sumerian king, the hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics.
- glam rock — a style of rock music of the early 1970s, characterized by the glittery flamboyance and androgynous image of its performers
- glamorgan — a historic county in SE Wales, now part of Mid, South, and West Glamorgan.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamorous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- gloamings — Plural form of gloaming.
- glow lamp — a vacuum tube containing a gas that is ionized by the electrons, giving a visible glow.
- glutamate — a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- goddammit — Alternative form of goddamn.
- goddamned — damned.
- goddamnit — Alternative spelling of goddammit.
- good name — reputation
- 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.
- gothamite — a journalistic nickname for New York City.
- grahamite — an asphaltite with a pitch-black luster.
- gram atom — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
- gram-atom — the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element.
- grammatic — Grammatical.
- grampians — a region in E Scotland. 3361 sq. mi. (8704 sq. km).
- grandmama — Alternative spelling of grandmamma.
- gravamens — Plural form of gravamen.
- gravesham — a borough in NW Kent, in SE England.
- grub beam — a curved, laminated wooden beam forming part of a rounded stern.
- guacamole — a dip of mashed avocado mixed with tomato, onion, and seasonings.
- guamanian — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- h & c — hot and cold
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- hamadryad — Classical Mythology. a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
- hamadryas — A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt.
- hamamatsu — a city on S central Honshu, in central Japan.
- hamamelis — (botany) Any of the flowering plant genus Hamamelis, the witch hazels.
- hamantash — hamantasch.
- hamartoma — (pathology) A benign mass of disorganized tissue.
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.