10-letter words that end in m
- glochidium — glochid.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- gnosticism — a group of ancient heresies, stressing escape from this world through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- gombeenism — the practice of usury
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- gormandism — Alternative form of gourmandism.
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- grand slam — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- great helm — helm2 (def 1).
- great room — a large, open room in a house, especially a living room that doubles as a family room or dining room.
- great worm — Internet Worm
- green gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- griffinism — the quality of having griffinish characteristics, or the condition of being a griffin
- groundworm — (dialectal, dated) earthworm.
- guest room — a room for the lodging of guests.
- guggenheim — Daniel, 1856–1930, U.S. industrialist and philanthropist.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hair cream — a cosmetic preparation used to improve the condition of, and/or to style the hair
- halberstam — David, 1934–2007, U.S. writer.
- hammerbeam — a short wooden beam projecting from an interior wall to support or tie together rafters or arched roof braces.
- hand cream — a cream that you put on your hands to make them feel softer and smoother
- hanya holm — Hanya [hahn-ye] /ˌhɑn yɛ/ (Show IPA), 1895?–1992, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher; born in Germany.
- haustellum — (in certain crustaceans and insects) an organ or part of the proboscis adapted for sucking blood or plant juices.
- haustorium — a projection from the hypha of a fungus into the organic matter from which it absorbs nutrients.
- headstream — a stream that is the source, or one of the sources, of a river.
- heathendom — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- heathenism — a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- hemelytrum — the anterior wing of some insects such as earwigs
- henotheism — the worship of a particular god, as by a family or tribe, without disbelieving in the existence of others.
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- hildesheim — a city in N central Germany.
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- hit bottom — the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- hockey mom — a mother who spends much time driving her children to hockey rinks, watching their games, and encouraging their participation in the sport: Hockey moms are made of tough stuff.
- homeotherm — homoiotherm.
- honorarium — a payment in recognition of acts or professional services for which custom or propriety forbids a price to be set: The mayor was given a modest honorarium for delivering a speech to our club.
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- horologium — a building supporting or containing a timepiece, as a clock tower.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- hotel room — room in a hotel