7-letter words that end in m
- engloom — to make dull or dismal
- enrheum — to pass a cold on to
- envenom — Put poison on or into; make poisonous.
- ephraim — the younger son of Joseph, who received the principal blessing of his grandfather Jacob (Genesis 48:8–22)
- epiblem — the outermost cell layer of a root; epidermis
- epicism — a style or trope characteristic of epics
- epiderm — (anatomy) The epidermis.
- epigram — A pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
- epithem — an external topical application
- erathem — the stratum of rocks representing a specific geological era
- erodium — (botany) Any of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
- erotism — Sexual desire or excitement; eroticism.
- erratum — An error in printing or writing.
- erzurum — a city in E Turkey: a strategic centre; scene of two major battles against Russian forces (1877 and 1916); important military base. Pop: 436 000 (2005 est)
- etacism — (grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word 'ate'.
- euratom — short for European Atomic Energy Community; an authority established by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) to develop peaceful uses of nuclear energy
- evesham — a town in W central England, in W Worcestershire, on the River Avon: scene of the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (Lord Edward's defeat of Simon de Montfort and the barons); centre of the Vale of Evesham, famous for market gardens and orchards. Pop: 22 179 (2001)
- exclaim — Cry out suddenly, esp. in surprise, anger, or pain.
- extream — Archaic spelling of extreme.
- exuvium — something that is cast off, such as the exoskeleton of an animal
- eyebeam — a glance
- fa ngum — 1316–74, founder and first king of Lan Xang (1354–73), a kingdom that included the present-day republic of Laos; abdicated
- faddism — a person following a fad or given to fads, as one who seeks and adheres briefly to a passing variety of unusual diets, beliefs, etc.
- falsism — a statement which is clearly false
- fantasm — an apparition or specter.
- fareham — an urban district in Hampshire, S England, near Portsmouth.
- farnham — a town in S England, in NW Surrey. Pop: 36 296 (2001)
- fascism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- fattism — Discrimination on the grounds of fatness.
- fauvism — (sometimes lowercase) any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
- femidom — a type of condom used by women and inserted into the vagina
- fermium — a transuranic element. Symbol: Fm; atomic number: 100.
- fideism — exclusive reliance in religious matters upon faith, with consequent rejection of appeals to science or philosophy.
- fiefdom — the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
- filmdom — the motion-picture industry.
- firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- flotsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
- fogyism — an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.
- foodism — enthusiasm for and interest in the preparation and consumption of good food
- forearm — Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
- fraenum — frenum.
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- frustum — the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- fulcrum — the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- gabbaim — a minor official of a synagogue, having limited ceremonial or administrative functions.
- gallium — a rare, steel-gray, trivalent metallic element used in high-temperature thermometers because of its high boiling point (1983°C) and low melting point (30°C). Symbol: Ga; atomic weight: 69.72; atomic number: 31; specific gravity: 5.91 at 20°C.
- geekdom — The world or sphere of geeks.
- geekism — a preoccupation with subjects that are generally considered as unfashionable or boring
- gershom — the elder son of Moses and Zipporah. Ex. 18:3.
- get.com — (operating system) A command which can be created using debug in MS DOS to set the errorlevel according to which key is pressed. The errorlevel can then be interrogated from a batch file by a series of commands like this: get if errorlevel 118 goto E118 if errorlevel 117 goto E117 if errorlevel 116 goto E116 if errorlevel 115 goto E115 if errorlevel 114 goto E114 where E118 etc. are labels in the batch file.