GEMS

Definition: GEMS

GEMS

Noun

1. The chamois.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "GEMS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Gems \Gems\, noun. [G.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Dream Interpretation	To dream of gems, foretells a happy fate both in love and business affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Literature	Gems (See Jewels .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
GEMS	English	Group EG-Member States	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: GEMS

Synonym: Precious stones. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Multitude	Phrase: their name is "legion"; acervatim; en foule; "many-headed multitude"; "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew"; vel prece vel pretio.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: GEMS

English words defined with "GEMS": Abraxas ♦ Begem, beryl, beset ♦ Cadrans, cat's eye, Cat's-eye ♦ Dactylioglyph, Dactyliography ♦ encrust ♦ first water ♦ Gemmaceous, Gemmary, Gemmated, Gemmeous, Gemmiferous, Gemmy ♦ Indiadem ♦ jewellery, jewelry ♦ necklace ♦ Oil of brick ♦ Precious stones ♦ retail ♦ Strass. (references)

Specialty definitions using "GEMS": bevel cut ♦ chrome diopside, color grade, cushion cut ♦ diamond cleaving, diamond cutter ♦ ethical gemology ♦ Fashoda garnet, fired stone ♦ gem expert, gemmologist, gemologist ♦ kanase ♦ list mill ♦ millimeter screw micrometer ♦ natural diamond ♦ Ouches ♦ polishing mill ♦ ribs, roughing mill ♦ selective reflection, split brilliant, STILTS, stone cutter, Symbolism of Metals and Gems, SYNTHETIC-GEM-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ titanium dioxide pigments, toolstone. (references)

Etymologies containing "GEMS": Dactylioglyph. (references)

Non-English Usage: "GEMS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (chamois), Swedish (chamois).

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Gotcha car clean gems on shine, said tell ma ta get ("Still Fly"; performing artist: Big Tymers)
Movie/TV Titles	Gems from Gemini (1966) Gym Gems (1926) James and Gems (1925) Magic Gems (1921) False Gems (1916)
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Domain	Title
Books	Game Programming Gems (reference) More C++ Gems (reference) Yoga Gems (reference) Yoga Gems 2003 Block Calendar: A Treasury of Practical and Spiritual Wisdom from Ancient and Modern Masters (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bangkok Gems And Jewellery (reference) Gems And Gemology (reference) Gems Of Genealogy (reference) Genie Gems (reference) Locating Gold Gems & Minerals (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Big Comfy Couch - Boredom Busting/Friends Are Gems (reference) Gems Metals & Minerals (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Listen to the Band: Stage & Screen Gems (reference) Piano Gems and Masterpieces (reference) 16 Gems (reference) Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll [BOX SET] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Marvel Super Heroes in War of Gems (reference) Tweety and the Magic Gems (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Lenox Gems Flute (Set of 4 Colors) (reference) Lenox Holiday Gems Balloon Wine Glasses (Set of 4) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Scenic Gems of America. Sheet of stamps consisting of Washington monuments.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
William R. Alger	Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Sri Lanka	Natural resources: Limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, and phosphate. (references)
	Burma	Unrecorded exports smuggled across the border included teak, live animals, gems and jade, rice, and narcotics. (references)
	Sri Lanka	Trade: Exports--$4.6 billion; garments and footwear, tea, rubber products, jewelry and gems, refined petroleum, and coconuts. (references)
Political Economy	Afghanistan	Trade consisted mainly of opium, fruits, minerals, gems, and carpets, as well as the smuggling of goods to Pakistan. (references)
	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka is a low-income country with a market economy based mainly on the export of textiles, tea, rubber, coconuts, and gems. (references)
Trade	Burma	The state has a monopoly on exports of rice, teak, petroleum, natural gas, gems, jade, pearls and other items. (references)
Travel	Sri Lanka	CUSTOMS REGULATIONS: Sri Lankan customs authorities may enforce strict regulations concerning temporary importation into or export from Sri Lanka of items such as firearms, antiquities, business equipment, obscene materials, currency, gems and precious metals. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"GEMS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 92.56% of the time. "GEMS" is used about 215 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	92.56%	199	21,651
Lexical Verb (-s form)	4.19%	9	117,287
Noun (proper)	3.26%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	215	N/A

Expression using "GEMS": collection of carved gems. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "GEMS": Gems-horn.
	Ending with "GEMS": fine-gems, spider-gems.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "GEMS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		宝石 (Gem). (various references)

Dutch		Educatief Wereldmultimediasysteem (Global Educational Multimedia System). (various references)

French		Système d'éducation multimédia mondial. (various references)

German		Edelsteine (gemstones). (various references)

Indonesian		ratna mutu manikam (gems of all kinds). (various references)

Italian		Sistema di educazione multimediale mondiale (Global Educational Multimedia System). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		玉石 (gems and stones, pebble, wheat and tares), 瑶台 (beautiful building ornamented with gems, fairyland), 合成宝石 (synthetic gems). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぎょくせき (gems and stones, wheat and tares), �"うせいほうせき (synthetic gems), よう� い (beautiful building ornamented with gems, condition, fairyland). (various references)

Korean		주옥 (Gem). (various references)

Pig Latin		emsgay

Romanian		gliptotecã (collection of carved gems). (various references)

Welsh		dillynion (beauties). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "GEMS": gemsbok, gemsboks, gemsbuck, gemsbucks, gemstone, gemstones. (additional references)
	Words ending with "GEMS": brummagems, dodgems, stratagems. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"GEMS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: egm, egms, ems, fems, gams, gasm, gces, geas, geds, Geens, geis, gema, geme, Gemes, gemi, gemme, gemo, gemp, gemy, gemz, genh, gensym, genx, genz, Genzi, gers, ges, geums, geus, gews, geys, ghem, ghens, ghes, gimc, gism, gme, Gmex, gms, goms, gpmu, gsm, gwm, gxm, nem, ngema, ogams. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "GEMS" (pronounced je"mz)
3	-e" m z	condemns, hems, stems.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: megs.
	Words within the letters "e-g-m-s"
	-1 letter: ems, gem, meg, seg.
	-2 letters: em, es, me.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-m-s"
	+1 letter: games, germs, geums, mages.
	+2 letters: ageism, begums, degums, egoism, gambes, gamers, gamest, gasmen, gemots, genoms, gimels, gimmes, gleams, glimes, glumes, gnomes, golems, grimes, grumes, images, manges, marges, maskeg, megass, merges, midges, muskeg, omegas, smegma, smidge, smudge, ugsome.
	+3 letters: ageisms, ambages, begrims, damages, degames, degamis, degerms, dodgems, egoisms, egotism, emerges, emigres, engrams, enigmas, gambles, gametes, gamiest, gamines, gammers, gemotes, gemsbok, genomes, germans, germens, gimlets, gimmies, gisarme, glimpse, grammes, grumose, guimpes, gumless, gummers, gummose, gumshoe, homages, imagers, imagoes, legumes, maglevs, magnets, magpies, magueys, manages, maneges, mangels, mangers, mangles, mangoes, maskegs, massage, megasse, megilps, megohms, megrims, menages, mensing, mergers, meshing, meshuga, message, messing, metages, midgets, midlegs, miggles, milages, mingles, mirages, misgave, misgive, misgrew, mispage, moggies, mongers, mongoes, morgens, morgues, muggees, muggers, muskegs, nutmegs, ogreism, ohmages, phlegms, pigmies, pygmies, regimes, remiges, sagamen, seaming, seeming, segment, semilog, sigmate, smegmas, smidgen, smidges, smudged, smudges, smugger, smuggle, swagmen, wagsome, zeugmas.
	+4 letters: agametes, agendums, agnomens, almagest, armigers, augments, beglooms, begrimes, bemusing, besmudge, bigamies, bluegums, cragsmen, damagers, demagogs, demerges, demigods, demising, digamies, dogedoms, eglomise, egotisms, emptings, endgames, epigrams, ergotism, figments, fromages, gamashes, gambades, gambeson, gambiers, gamblers, gamboges, gambrels, gamelans, gameness, gamesman, gamesmen, gamesome, gamester, gaminess, gammiest, garments, gelsemia, gemmates, gemmiest, gemmules, gemsboks, gemsbuck, gemstone, germiest, gimpiest, gisarmes, gladsome, glassmen, gleamers, gleesome, glimmers, glimpsed, glimpser, glimpses, glosseme, glummest, glumness, gomerals, gomerels, gomerils, gormless, gossamer, gourmets, gownsmen, gremials, gremlins, gremmies, grewsome, grimaces, grimiest, grimmest, grimness, grommets, groomers, gruesome, grumbles, grummest, grummets, gummiest, gummites, gummoses, gumshoed, gumshoes, gumtrees, gumweeds, hegumens, hemagogs, hogmanes, homagers, imagines, immerges, impinges, impregns, kerygmas, legalism, legrooms, legumins, lemmings, longsome, magentas, magister, magnates, magnesia, magnesic, magnetos, managers, mangiest, manglers, margents, massaged, massager, massages, meanings, medigaps, meetings, megabars, megabits, megadose, megahits, megalops, megapods, megasses, megastar, megatons, megilphs, melanges, meltages, mendigos, mendings, meninges, meshugah, meshugga, meshugge, mesoglea, messaged, messages, messuage, migrates, mileages, millages, mingiest, minglers, mintages, misagent, misbegan, misbegin, misbegot, misbegun, misgauge, misgiven, misgives, misgrade, misguess, misguide, misjudge, mislodge, mispaged, mispages, misusage, mitogens, mongeese, mongoose, mongrels, montages, moorages, moseying, moulages, muggiest, mungoose, mutagens, nametags, ogreisms, oogamies, pigments, plumages, postgame, primages, ragtimes, rampages, regimens, regrooms, reimages, remerges, remising, resuming, rummages, sagamore, scheming, seemings, segments, semigala, semihigh, smallage, smaragde, smearing, smeeking, smelling, smelting, smerking, smidgens, smidgeon, smoggier, smogless, smudgier, smuggest, smuggled, smuggler, smuggles, smugness, steaming, stemming, sterigma, stumpage, submerge, swingmen, tagmemes, umbrages, veganism, zymogens.
	+5 letters: aerograms, ageratums, almagests, almsgiver, ambergris, amidogens, amperages, amygdales, amygdules, amylogens, apogamies, apothegms, argentums, arguments, armigeros, ballgames, becomings, beglamors, bemingles, bemisting, bergamots, beseeming, beshaming, besliming, besmiling, besmoking, besmudged, besmudges, cheongsam, cognomens, comanages, comingles, cymogenes, decagrams, decigrams, dekagrams, demasting, demergers, demiurges, dirigisme, echograms, egomanias, embargoes, embassage, embosking, embossing, emergents, emigrants, emigrates, endamages, engrammes, enmeshing, epigonism, ergotisms, esteeming, eulogiums, exogamies, exogamous, filmgoers, fragments, fumigates, gambadoes, gambesons, gamecocks, gamesters, gammoners, gamodemes, ganymedes, gapeworms, gasometer, gazumpers, gelsemium, geminates, gemsbucks, gemstones, gendarmes, geometers, geraniums, gladsomer, glamorise, gleamiest, glimpsers, gloomiest, glossemes, glumpiest, gossamers, gossamery, gouramies, gramaries, gramaryes, grampuses, grandames, grantsmen, graphemes, gravamens, grewsomer, grimacers, griminess, gromwells, groomsmen, gruesomer, grumblers, grumphies, grumpiest, guardsmen, guestroom, guildsmen, gumminess, gunmetals, hegumenes, hexagrams, hogmenays, homegirls, ideograms, imageries, imaginers, immersing, immeshing, immingles, impetigos, impingers, impledges, impugners, inmeshing, isogamete, isogamies, itemising, judgments, legalisms, ligaments, lightsome, lodgments, magazines, magdalens, magisters, magnesian, magnesias, magnesite, magnesium, magnetics, magnetise, magnetism, magnetons, magnifies, maligners, malingers, mangabeys, mangabies, manganese, manginess, mangonels, mangroves, margraves, marriages, massagers, mastering, mealybugs, measuring, megabucks, megabytes, megadeals, megadoses, megadynes, megaliths, megapodes, megaspore, megastars, megavolts, megawatts, megillahs, merengues, merganser, mergences, meringues, meshuggah, mesogleas, mesogloea, messaging, messenger, messuages, meterages, midranges, mightiest, migraines, misagents, misbegins, mischarge, miseating, misgauged, misgauges, misgovern, misgraded, misgrades, misguided, misguider, misguides, misjudged, misjudges, mislodged, mislodges, mismanage, misusages, mitigates, modelings, molesting, moneybags, mongooses, morseling, mortgages, mucilages, mugginess, mungooses, museology, mustering, myologies, neologism, oligomers, oogametes, pemphigus, plasmagel, premising, presuming, promulges, quagmires, rampagers, redamages, reemerges, regiments, renograms, rummagers, sagamores, screaming, scrimmage, scrummage, seemingly, segmental, segmented, semigloss, semigroup, semiology, semirigid, signalmen, simmering, simpering, smallages, smaragdes, smidgeons, smoggiest, smudgiest, smugglers, something, sterigmas, stratagem, streaming, strongmen, stumpages, stymieing, submerged, submerges, summering, synergism, syngamies, teguments, telegrams, umangites, umpirages, unmeshing, unmingles, unseaming, veganisms, venograms, vestigium, vigesimal, wigmakers, zymogenes, zymurgies.
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