9-letter words containing ome
- forewomen — Plural form of forewoman.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- fulsomely — In a fulsome manner.
- 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.
- geometers — Plural form of geometer.
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrid — belonging or pertaining to the family Geometridae, comprising slender-bodied, broad-winged moths, the larvae of which are called measuring worms.
- glomerate — compactly clustered.
- glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
- glomerule — a cyme condensed into a headlike cluster.
- glomeruli — Irregular plural form of glomerulus.
- gnomelike — Resembling a gnome.
- 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
- 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.
- harmotome — a zeolite mineral related to stilbite, occurring in twinned crystals.
- heartsome — giving cheer, spirit, or courage: a heartsome wine.
- helidrome — a small airport for helicopters
- histotome — a microtome.
- hodometer — Dated form of odometer.
- home base — Baseball. home plate.
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home farm — (esp formerly) a farm belonging to and providing food for a large country house
- home free — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- home game — a game played on a team's home ground
- home help — A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
- home keys — (hardware) The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard on which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips when starting to type or when resting between words or phrases. Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard in relation to the home keys. On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDF for the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards have small raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (F and J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.
- home life — a person's life at home; private life
- home news — news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
- home page — website's introductory page
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- home rule — self-government in local matters by a city, province, state, colony, or the like.
- home side — the team that is playing on its home ground
- home sign — any idiosyncratic system of gestural communication used by a deaf person.
- home team — a team which is playing on its own ground
- home time — time to go home
- home town — town or city where one grew up
- home unit — a self-contained residence which is part of a series of similar residences
- home-brew — beer or other alcoholic beverage made at home.
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.
- home-made — made or prepared at home, locally, or by the maker's own efforts: The restaurant's pastry is homemade. Breakfast at the farmhouse always meant homemade preserves.
- homebirth — Childbirth taking place at home, rather than in a hospital.
- homebound — confined to one's home, especially because of illness.
- homebuilt — Constructed at home, rather than being obtained from a manufacturer etc.
- homebuyer — a person who buys or expects to buy a house.