AHEM | • ahem interj. (Onomatopoeia) the sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one’s throat. • ahem interj. An exclamation or cough to get attention. • ahem interj. An exclamation of disapproval or annoyance. |
ANTHEM | • anthem n. (Archaic) Antiphon. • anthem n. A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric. • anthem n. A hymn of praise or loyalty. |
APOTHEM | • apothem n. (Geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. • apothem n. (Geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special… • APOTHEM n. (Greek) the perpendicular from centre to the side of a polygon. |
CHEM | • chem n. (Uncountable, university slang, often capitalized) Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”);… • chem n. (Countable, informal, often in the plural) Clipping of chemical. • chem adj. (Informal) Clipping of chemical. |
DIRHEM | • dirhem n. (Historical units of measurement) A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously reckoned as 1.5–3… • dirhem n. (Chiefly historical Turkish contexts) Alternative form of dirham: a former silver coin weighing one… • DIRHEM n. (Arabic) a Middle Eastern coin, also DIRHAM, DERHAM. |
EPITHEM | • epithem n. (Medicine, historical) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters;… • EPITHEM n. (Greek) a group of leaf cells which exude water, also EPITHEMA. |
ERATHEM | • erathem n. (Geology, paleontology) The total stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain corresponding span of… • ERATHEM n. the stratigraphical unit of rock strata, corresponding to a geological era. |
EXANTHEM | • exanthem n. A widespread rash usually occurring in children. • EXANTHEM n. a skin eruption, esp. accompanied by fever, also EXANTHEMA. |
HEM | • hem interj. Used to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound. • hem n. An utterance or sound of the voice like "hem", often indicative of hesitation or doubt, sometimes used… • hem v. To make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking. |
MAIHEM | • maihem n. (Obsolete, used chiefly before 1900) Alternative form of mayhem, in the sense of maiming or causing bodily harm. • MAIHEM n. maiming, malicious damage, also MAYHEM. |
MAYHEM | • mayhem n. A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos. • mayhem n. Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing. • mayhem n. (Law) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for… |
REHEM | • rehem v. (Transitive) To supply (A garment, etc.) with a new hem. • REHEM v. to take up the hem once more. |
SACHEM | • sachem n. A chief of one or several Native American tribe(s), especially of the Algonquians; a sagamore. • sachem n. (Informal). • sachem n. (Politics) A high-ranking officer of the Tammany Hall political organization. |
SPELAEOTHEM | • SPELAEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELEOTHEM. |
SPELEOTHEM | • speleothem n. (Geology) Any secondary mineral, deposited in a natural cave by the action of water. • SPELEOTHEM n. a term for depositional features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, found in caves, also SPELAEOTHEM. |
THEM | • them pron. (In the plural) Those ones. • them pron. (In the singular) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender. • them det. (Dialectal) Those. |