7-letter words containing ham
- hamlets — Plural form of hamlet.
- hammada — a desert plateau of hard, wind-swept bedrock covered with a thin layer of sand, pebbles, etc.
- hammals — Plural form of hammal.
- hammers — Plural form of hammer.
- hammett — (Samuel) Dashiell [duh-sheel,, dash-eel] /dəˈʃil,, ˈdæʃ il/ (Show IPA), 1894–1961, U.S. writer of detective stories.
- hammily — In a hammy manner.
- hamming — an actor or performer who overacts.
- hammock — hummock (def 1).
- hammond — John Hays [heyz] /heɪz/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, U.S. engineer.
- hampden — John, 1594–1643, British statesman who defended the rights of the House of Commons against Charles I.
- hampers — Plural form of hamper.
- hampton — Lionel, 1908–2002, U.S. jazz vibraphonist.
- hamster — any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
- hamular — a small hook or hooklike process, especially at the end of a bone.
- hamulus — a small hook or hooklike process, especially at the end of a bone.
- heysham — a port in NW England, in NW Lancashire. Pop (with Morecambe): 16 136 (2001)
- hingham — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- khamsin — a hot southerly wind, varying from southeast to southwest, that blows regularly in Egypt and over the Red Sea for about 50 days, commencing about the middle of March.
- markham — Beryl, 1902–86, English aviation pioneer: first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean east to west 1936.
- maugham — W(illiam) Somerset [suhm-er-set,, -sit] /ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt,, -sɪt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.
- needham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- oghamic — In, of or pertaining to Ogham.
- pinkham — Lydia (Estes) 1819–83, U.S. businesswoman: manufactured patent medicine.
- rackham — Arthur, 1867–1939, English illustrator and painter.
- rhamnus — a member of the Rhamnus genus of trees and shrubs known as buckthorn
- shamash — the sun god of Assyria and Babylonia
- shamble — a shambling gait.
- shambly — characterized by awkward, lazy, or unsteady movements, esp in walking
- shamina — a wool blend of pashm and shahtoosh
- shaming — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- shammai — flourished 1st century b.c, Hebrew rabbi: founder of Beth Shammai, school of hermeneutics.
- shammer — a person who shams.
- shammes — sexton (def 2).
- shampoo — to wash (the head or hair), especially with a cleaning preparation that does not leave a soap film.
- waltham — a city in E Massachusetts.
- whammed — Simple past tense and past participle of wham.
- whample — a stroke; blow
- windham — a town in NE Connecticut.
- wrexham — a town in N Wales, in Wrexham county borough: seat of the Roman Catholic bishopric of Wales (except the former Glamorganshire); formerly noted for coal-mining. Pop: 42 576 (2001)
- wykeham — William of. 1324–1404, English prelate and statesman, who founded New College, Oxford, and Winchester College: chancellor of England (1367–71; 1389–91); bishop of Winchester (1367–1404)
- wyndham — John (John Benyon Harris) 1903–69, British science-fiction writer.
- xantham — Alternative form of xanthan.