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7-letter words that end in am

  • hohokam — of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona, about a.d. 450–1450, roughly contemporaneous with the Anasazi culture to the north.
  • hungnam — a seaport in W North Korea.
  • ice jam — an obstruction of broken river ice in a narrow part of a channel.
  • isogram — a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
  • khayyam — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
  • lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
  • log jam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
  • macadam — a macadamized road or pavement.
  • mantram — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
  • markham — Beryl, 1902–86, English aviation pioneer: first woman to fly solo over the Atlantic Ocean east to west 1936.
  • mashlam — maslin.
  • maugham — W(illiam) Somerset [suhm-er-set,, -sit] /ˈsʌm ərˌsɛt,, -sɪt/ (Show IPA), 1874–1965, English novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer.
  • merriam — a town in E Kansas.
  • milldam — a dam built in a stream to furnish a head of water for turning a mill wheel.
  • minicam — Television. a lightweight, handheld television camera.
  • mizoram — a state (since 1986) in NE India, created in 1972 from the former Mizo Hills District of Assam. Capital: Aijal. Pop: 891 058 (2001). Area: about 21 081 sq km (8140 sq miles)
  • musicam — (audio, compression)   A name for MPEG-1 Layer 2 used for broadcasting. Common data rates are 192, 224, and 256 kbps.
  • myogram — the graphic record produced by a myograph.
  • needham — a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
  • on-seam — inseam (def 3).
  • outbeam — to beam more than or brighter than
  • pangram — a sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.
  • pinkham — Lydia (Estes) 1819–83, U.S. businesswoman: manufactured patent medicine.
  • polygam — a plant of the Polygamia class
  • potsdam — a state in NE central Germany. 10,039 sq. mi. (26,000 sq. km). Capital: Potsdam.
  • program — software
  • puttnam — David, Baron. born 1941, British film producer. Films include Chariots of Fire (1981), The Killing Fields (1984), Memphis Belle (1990), and My Life So Far (1999)
  • quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
  • rackham — Arthur, 1867–1939, English illustrator and painter.
  • ramstam — obstinate; headstrong.
  • redream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
  • sad sam — Query language by Lindsay. Sammet 1969, p.669.
  • sdr-ram — Single Data Rate Random Access Memory
  • sunbeam — a beam or ray of sunlight.
  • surinam — a republic on the NE coast of South America: formerly a territory of the Netherlands; gained independence 1975. 60,230 sq. mi. (155,995 sq. km). Capital: Paramaribo.
  • tam-tam — a gong with indefinite pitch.
  • tangram — a Chinese puzzle consisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid, which can be combined so as to form a great variety of other figures.
  • the ram — the constellation Aries, the first sign of the zodiac
  • trangam — an odd gadget; gewgaw; trinket.
  • trigram — a sequence of three adjacent letters or symbols.
  • vietnam — Official name Socialist Republic of Vietnam. a country in SE Asia, comprising the former states of Annam, Tonkin, and Cochin-China: formerly part of French Indochina; divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War but now reunified. 126,104 sq. mi. (326,609 sq. km). Capital: Hanoi. Compare North Vietnam, South Vietnam.
  • waltham — a city in E Massachusetts.
  • whangam — an imaginary creature
  • whitlam — (Edward) Gough (ɡɒf). 1916–2014, Australian Labor statesman: prime minister (1972–75)
  • william — ("the Sailor-King") 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1830–37 (brother of George IV).
  • windham — a town in NE Connecticut.
  • wolfram — Chemistry. tungsten.
  • 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.
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