8-letter words containing em
- feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- feminity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- feminize — Make (something) more characteristic of or associated with women.
- firemark — a plaque mounted on the outside of a building indicating the insurance company by which that building is insured
- flemming — Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1843–1905, German cell biologist.
- foremast — the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- foremean — to intend in advance
- foremilk — colostrum.
- foremost — Most prominent in rank, importance, or position.
- freemium — a sales strategy, especially on the Internet, in which the basic product or service is free, but customers are charged for additional features and content.
- fremitus — palpable vibration, as of the walls of the chest.
- frienemy — Alternative form of frenemy.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fuglemen — Plural form of fugleman.
- gamodeme — an isolated breeding population
- gazement — a stare; look; view
- gem iron — a heavy, usually cast-iron oven dish used for baking small cakes (gems)
- gem jade — transparent jadeite of gem quality; a true jade.
- gematria — a cabbalistic system of interpretation of the Scriptures by substituting for a particular word another word whose letters give the same numerical sum.
- geminate — Also, geminated. combined or arranged in pairs; twin; coupled.
- geminian — a person born under the sign of Gemini, usually between May 21st and June 20th.
- geminids — a collection of meteors making up a meteor shower (Gem·inid me·teor show·er) visible around December 13, having its apparent origin in the constellation Gemini.
- geminous — found in pairs
- gemmated — Having buds.
- gemmeous — of, relating to, or resembling a gem
- gemmules — Plural form of gemmule.
- gemology — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- gemsboks — Plural form of gemsbok.
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- gemshorn — a type of horn with carved tone holes, traditionally made from the horn of the chamois
- gemstone — a precious or semiprecious stone that can be cut and polished for use as a gem.
- glosseme — (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
- gloveman — fielder.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glycemic — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- grapheme — a minimal unit of a writing system.
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- haematic — relating to, acting on, having the colour of, or containing blood
- haematin — Alternative spelling of hematin.
- haemato- — indicating blood
- haeremai — a Māori expression of welcome
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.