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Definition: Hem |
HemNoun1. Lap that forms a cloth border doubled back and stitched down. Verb1. Fold over and sew together to provide with a hem; "hem my skirt". 2. Utter "hem" or "ahem". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Hem of a garment, the fringe of a garment. The Jews attached much importance to these, because of the regulations in Num. 15:38, 39. These borders or fringes were in process of time enlarged so as to attract special notice (Matt. 23:5). The hem of Christ's garment touched (9:20; 14:36; Luke 8:44). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Sports & Leisure | The folded and stitched cloth end of a parachute canopy at the skirt and vent. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| 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 |
HEM | English | Hybrid Electromagnetic Mode | N/A |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumjacence | Verb: lie around; adVerb: surround, beset, compass, encompass, environ, inclose, enclose, encircle, embrace, circumvent, lap, gird; belt; begird, engird; skirt, twine round; hem in; (circumscribe). |
Edge | Frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp. |
Fold | Verb: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute,frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather. |
Qualification | Waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain); equivocate (sophistry). |
Respect | Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship. |
Restraint | Confine; shut up, shut in; clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up; hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in; impound, pen, coop; inclose; (circumscribe); cage; incage, encage; close the door upon, cloister; imprison, immure; incarcerate, entomb; clap under hatches, lay under hatches; put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat; throw into prison, cast into prison; put into bilboes. |
Servility | Sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass, suck up. |
Wonder | Interjection: lo, lo and behold! O! heyday! halloo! what! indeed! really! surely! humph! hem! good lack, good heavens, gad so! welladay! dear me! only think! lackadaisy! my stars, my goodness! gracious goodness! goodness gracious! mercy on us! heavens and earth! God bless me! bless us, bless my heart! odzookens! O gemini! adzooks! hoity-toity! strong! Heaven save the mark, bless the mark! can such things be! zounds! 'sdeath! what on earth, what in the world! who would have thought it!; (inexpectation); you don't say so! You're kidding!. No kidding? what do you say to that! nous verrons! how now! where am I? |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ska vi gå hem till dej eller till mej eller var och en till sitt? (1973) Kommer hem och är snäll (1973) Hem till byn (1971) Mitt hem är Copacabana (1965) Hem Hayu Asarah (1960) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Två nya trycksaker med apoteksvalda redskap för munvård. : Ta med dem hem. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Ahem; hem; spitting; spit. | | Ahem; hem; spitting; spit. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The hem of your dress, when the tip of your shoe appears, completely overwhelms me. |
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Business | The DSM program initiated an HEM program in December 1996 to promote the use of HEMs and to replace old, inefficient standard motors. (references) | |
EGAT's DSM program initiated an HEM program in December 1996 to promote the use of HEMs and to replace old, inefficient standard motors. (references) | ||
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| "Hem" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.11% of the time. "Hem" is used about 283 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 (singular) | 90.11% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.95% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.89% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.71% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.35% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 283 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hem" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hem | Last name | 300 | 24,607 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hem": false hem ♦ hem about ♦ hem and haw ♦ hem and haw be uncertain ♦ hem around ♦ hem in ♦ hem rigged parachute ♦ hem stitch ♦ hem up ♦ kiss the hem of one's garment ♦ lead hem ♦ peripheral hem ♦ rolled hem ♦ To hem about ♦ to hem around ♦ to hem in ♦ To hem out ♦ vent hem. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hem": hem-hem, hem-length, hem-stitch, hem-twinkling. | |
Ending with "hem": a-hem, hem-hem, skirt-hem. | |
| 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 "hem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hëm, rrethoj (begird, beleaguer, beset, besiege, border on, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, close in, close on, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, engird, engirdle, entwine, envelop, environ, fence in, flank, fold, gird, girdle, hedge in, inclose, invest, lap, leaguer, pocket, rail, rim, ring, round up, span, surround, wreathe), palë (cuff, fly, gathers, lap, lappet, pair, pendant, reef, roll, turn up), kufizoj (circumscribe, confine, enclose, hedge in, inclose, limit, localise, localize, narrow, restrain, restrict, specialize, stint, straiten, terminate, tie, truncate), i kthej anën, e kthyer e rrobës, buzë (bank, border, brim, curb, edge, lip, margin, rim, ring, selvage, Selvedge, skirt, verge, welt), bordurë (bandage, border, edging, purl, welt), bëj palë, bëj hëm, anë (aspect, border, brink, declivity, edge, end, flank, hand, jamb, list, Marge, margin, pane, part, partiality, selvage, Selvedge, side, skirt, wall, welt). (various references) | |
Arabic | هدب (flounce, frill, fringe), نحنحة (splutter), حافة (board, border, brim, brink, edge, fringe, ledge, lip, margin, plinth, rim, verge), حاشية الثوب, تنحنح, تلعثم (falter, fumble, gibber, halt, hum and haw, jerk, stammer, stumble, stutter, trip), تردد فى الكلام, طوق (band, be hemmed in, belt, besiege, cincture, circle, circumvent, clip, collar, compass, corral, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, entrench, envelop, fret, gird, girdle, hedge, hoop, impale, inclose, include, invest, outflank, ring, round, strap, surround, take off, zone), خنصر (little finger, pinkie), خاط الحاشية, جعل للثوب حاشية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | затварям (case, cicatrize, close, constrain, douse, enclose, gaol, house, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, latch, lock, lock up, mew, obturate, pen, prison, pull to, restrain, screw up, seal off, shut, shut away, shut in, shut up, stop, turn off), подвив, подгъв, подгъвам (bend under, bend under tuck in, fold, lap, tuck), подгъвка, подшивам (line, overcast, oversew, stitch up, tape), покашляне, ивица (band, border, edging, fillet, list, slip, strap, streak, stria), запъвам се (catch, stumble), ръб (arris, board, border, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, fringe, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, rib, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), ограждам (circumscribe, enclose, fence, fence in, fringe, hedge, rail, roll up), ограничавам (bound, chasten, circumscribe, constrain, contract, focalize, immure, intern, limit, localise, localize, narrow, peg down, pinch, qualify, reduce, repress, restrict, specialize, straiten, tie down, trammel), окашлям се, казвам 'хм', край (about, abutment, border, by, close, closing, conclusion, country, curtains, death, dissolution, edge, end, ending, extremity, fag end, finale, finality, finish, flange, issuance, issue, land, last, limb, limit, list, margin, off, on, outskirts, over, parts, past, period, point, quietus, region, rim, stop, surcease, tail, term, terminal, termination, truce, ultima thule, verge, wind up), хм (ahem, haw), хъкам (haw, hum and haw), поръбвам (overcast, tuck). (various references) | |
Chinese | 衣服縫邊 , 吊边 (Hemmed, Hemming). (various references) | |
Czech | vroubit (line), olemovat, obruba (border, frame, list, purl, rim, ring, skirt, surround), obroubit (list), lemovat (bind, border, fringe, tie up), lem (bottom, edge, ribbon, rim, selvage, Selvedge, skirt). (various references) | |
Danish | topåbningskant (vent hem), soemme (to hem), kaedestingsmaskine (hem-stitching machine), indsat kant (inserted hem), faldskærm med faldskærmsliner befæstiget i kantsømmen (hem rigged parachute), blysøm (blue gum, blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), basis (base, basis). (various references) | |
Dutch | zoomstikmachine (hem-stitching machine), zoom van het stabilisatiegat (vent hem), zomen (edging, to hem), valscherm met aan de zoom bevestigde draaglijnen (hem rigged parachute), schoorsteenzoom (vent hem), randzoom (peripheral hem), machine voor zoomsteken (hem-stitching machine), loodzoom (blue gum, blue line, bluish discoloration of the gums at the margin of the teeth seen in chronic lead poisoning(4), Burton line, Burton sign, Burtonian line, Burton's line, lead hem, lead line), koepelzoom (peripheral hem), boordband (inserted hem), boorband (inserted hem). (various references) | |
Farsi | کناره دارکردن , لبه دارکردن , لبه (Border, Brim, Edge, Ledge, Lip, Margin, Rand, Ridge, Rim, Verge, Wayside, Welt), حاشیه دارکردن (Margin), تمجمج کردن (Pussyfoot), سینه صاف کردن , صداءی که برای صاف کردن سینه دراورند, احاطه کردن (Beset, Box, Circle, Circuit, Corral, Encircle, Encompass, Envelop, Girdle, Hedge, Hoop, Impale, Orb, Pale, Ring, Skirt, Sphere). (various references) | |
Finnish | helma (lap), palttaa, palle (border), päärme, päärmätä, lieve (border). (various references) | |
French | hésiter (hesitate), ourlet (hemstitch), ourler (to hem), faire l'ourlet, entourer, bord. (various references) | |
German | saum (border, bottom, brim, brink, edge, edging, fringe, hemline, rim, seam, tuck), säumen (border, edge, line, purl, Tarry, to border (on), to fringe). (various references) | |
Greek | κράσπεδο (causeway, curb, edging, flounce, fringe, furbelow, skirt, wayside, welt), ρέλι (border), στριφώνω (to hem), γύροσ (brim, circuit, contour, crawl, detour, rim, round, tour, turn, twirl), ξεροβήχω (clear one s'throat, have husky cough, hawk), περικλείω (contain, enclose, encompass), περιρράπτω (hem stitch), το στίφωμα, ούγια (selvage, webbing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לתפור מכפלת, שולים (boundary, brim, edge, flanges, fringes, limit, margin, outskirts, rim, skirts), שולי "ב'". (various references) | |
Hungarian | szegés (hemming, seam). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sisi tepi, bilai (addition), berdehem, aris (edge). (various references) | |
Italian | vivagno (seam, selvage, Selvedge), schiarirsi la gola, orlo (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, edging, fringe, kerb, lip, outskirt, rand, rim, verge), orlare (edge, purl, trim), lembo (border, edge, flapper, lap, margin, skirt, strip), fare un orlo a, ehm (hum), bordo (board, border, edge, flange, fringe, kerb, margin, rim, side, verge). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 裳裾 (cuff, foot, train), 裾 (cuff, cut edge of a hairdo, foot of mountain), ヘブライ語 (health, health center, health check, health club, health food, health meter, healthy, heart, heaven, Hebrew, helicopter, Helios, helioscope, heliotrope, heliport, helium, helix, hell, Hellenism, hellfire, helm, helmet, Helmholtz, help, helper, Helsinki, hemline, hemoglobin, hemstitch, hen party, Henckels, henna, Hepburn, Herakles, herald, Hercules, Hermes, hernia, heroin, herpangina, herringbone, Herzogovina, Hz, Mr, Switzerland, type of massage parlor). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すそ (cuff, cut edge of a hairdo, foot of mountain), ヘ , もすそ (cuff, foot, train). (various references) | |
Korean | 단 (sheaf). (various references) | |
Manx | voylt, lent (skirt), cur chemmal er (border, fringe), chemmal (border, edge, edging, frieze, fringe). (various references) | |
Norwegian | søm, kremte (hawk), falde, fald. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | emhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bainha (case, edging, fell, holder, husk, lap, pod, scabbard, seam, sheath, socket, underdress). (various references) | |
Romanian | hm (ahem, humph), tiviturã (border, edge, edging, hemming, seam, skirt, welting), tivi (border, fell, fringe, list, selvage, Selvedge, whip), tiv (binding, edge, fringe, seam), poalã (foot, lap, skirt, tail), batã, înconjura (beset, besiege, by pass, circumambulate, close, compass, embosom, encircle, enclose, encompass, engirdle, ensphere, environ, flank, gird, girdle, go, go round, hoop, pale, parclose, rim, round, shut in, surround, wreathe), închide (bar, block, bolt, cage, chest, clap up, clasp, clench, close, closet, comprise, confine, contain, crib, darken, embay, enclose, fasten, furl, girdle, half-shut, heal, impound, imprison, include, lock, occlude, seal, shut, shut down, shut in, shut the works down, stopper), împrejmui (close, enclose, environ, fence, hedge, pale, parclose, protect, surround). (various references) | |
Russian | кайма (band, border, edge, edging, fringe, verge), окружать (begird, beset, close round, cluster around, compass, embosom, embower, encircle, enclose, encompass, enlace, envelop, environ, fence about, inclose, round up, surround, surrounds), подрубочный шов, подрубать рубец, подрубать, подшивать (file). (various references) | |
Scottish | f itheam (a hem). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rub (border, brim, brink, cant, edge, lip, rand, selvage, selvedge, shoulder, verge), porubiti (detruncate, edge, oversew, seam), porub (facing, seam, thrum, wale, welt), opšiti (border), oivičiti (border, line, rim), kašljucati (hack). (various references) | |
Spanish | dobladillo. (various references) | |
Swedish | fålla (corral, crib, pen, Pinfold, pound), fåll. (various references) | |
Thai | เย็บริม (ผ้า). (various references) | |
Turkish | hımlamak (haw, hum), kenarını bastırmak (fringe, overcast, skirt), kenar kıvrımı, kenar (border, brim, brink, brow, edge, flange, lip, Marge, margin, rim, side, skirt, skirting, verge, Wale, wheal), bastırılmış kenar. (various references) | |
Turkmen | tikmek (embroider, sew), sepgit (joint), jдhek (edging). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хм (haw), гм (ahem), обшивати (bind), облямівка (bandelet, edging, piping, skirting, valance, welt), підрубувальний шов, підрублювати. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tiếng hắng giọng, tiếng e hèm, tiếng đằng hắng. (various references) | |
Welsh | hem (border, rivet). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conpresserit, conpresserunt, conprimaris, conprimebant, conprimentem, conprimerent, conprimit, conprimunt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 14, Verse 36 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai parekaloun auton ina monon aywntai tou kraspedou tou imatiou autou kai osoi hyanto dieswqhsan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti eius tangerent et quicumque tetigerunt salvi facti sunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & hine bædon. þæt hyo hwure-þinge hysreafes fned æt-rinen. & swa hlylce (sic) hysæt-rinen. wurðen hale. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei preieden hym, that thei schulden touche the hemme of his clothing; and who euere touchiden weren maad saaf. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And besought him that they myght touche the hemme of his vesture only. And as many as touched it were made safe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were restored to health. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | With the request that they might only put their hands on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 14, Verse 36 |
| Bulgarian | и молеха "о да се допрат само до полата на дрехата Му; и колкото се допряха, се изцелиха. |
| Cebuano | ug nagpakiluoy sila kaniya nga pahikapon lamang unta sila sa borlas sa iyang kupo; ug nangaayo ang tanang nakahikap niini. |
| Croatian | te ga moljahu da se samo dotaknu skuta njegove haljine. I koji bi se dotakli, ozdravili bi. |
| Danish | Og de bade ham, at de blot måtte røre ved Fligen af hans Klædebon; og alle de, som rørte derved, bleve helbredede. |
| Dutch | En baden Hem, dat zij alleenlijk den zoom Zijns kleeds zouden mogen aanraken; en zovelen als Hem aanraakten, werden gezond. |
| Finnish | Ja he pyysivät häneltä, että vain saisivat koskea hänen vaippansa tupsuun; ja kaikki, jotka koskivat, paranivat. |
| French | Ils le prièrent de leur permettre seulement de toucher le bord de son vêtement. Et tous ceux qui le touchèrent furent guéris. |
| German | und baten ihn, daß sie nur seines Kleides Saum anrührten. Und alle, die ihn anrührten, wurden gesund. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan mereka mohon kepada-Nya supaya boleh menyentuh jubah-Nya, biar hanya ujungnya. Lalu semua yang menyentuhnya menjadi sembuh. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka mereka itu pun meminta kepada-Nya supaya boleh menjamah kaki jubah-Nya sahaja. Maka seberapa orang yang menjamah Dia itu pun sembuhlah. |
| Italian | e lo pregavano di poter toccare almeno l'orlo del suo mantello. E quanti lo toccavano guarivano. |
| Manx Gaelic | As ghuee ad er, ynrycan dy ventyn rish oirr e gharmad: as whilleen as venn rish, v'ad er nyn lheihys. |
| Maori | Ka inoi ki a ia kia pa kau ratou ki te taniko o tona kakahu; a ora ake nga tangata katoa i pa. |
| Norwegian | og bad ham at de bare måtte få røre ved det ytterste av hans klædebon; og alle de som rørte ved det, blev helbredet. |
| Portuguese | e rogaram-lhe que apenas os deixasse tocar a orla do seu manto; e todos os que a tocaram ficaram curados. |
| Rumanian | Bolnavii kl rugau sq le dea voie numai sq se atingq de poala hainei Lui. Wi toyi ckyi s`au atins, s`au vindecat. |
| Russian | Й ТПУЙМЙ еЗП, ЮФП'Щ ФПМШЛП ТЙЛПУОХФШУС Л ЛТБА П"ЕЦ"Щ еЗП; Й ЛПФПТЩЕ ТЙЛБУБМЙУШ, ЙУ"ЕМСМЙУШ. |
| Shuar | Ni pushirinkisha antintai tusar seawarmiayi. Tura antinkiarmia nuka pénker ajarmiayi. |
| Swahili | wakamwomba awaruhusu waguse tu pindo la vazi lake; wote waliomgusa walipona. |
| Swedish | Och de bådo honom att allenast få röra vid hörntofsen på hans mantel; och alla som rörde vid den blevo hulpna. |
| Uma | Merapi' -ra hi Yesus, bona napiliu-ra mporeo nau' kampa' wuntu baju-na-wadi. Hawe'ea to mporeo baju-na, haliu mo'uri' -ramo. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hem": hemacytometer, hemacytometers, hemagglutinate, hemagglutinated, hemagglutinates, hemagglutinating, hemagglutination, hemagglutinations, hemagglutinin, hemagglutinins, hemagog, hemagogs, hemal, hemangioma, hemangiomas, hemangiomata, hematal, hematein, hemateins, hematic, hematics, hematin, hematine, hematines, hematinic, hematinics, hematins, hematite, hematites, hematitic, hematocrit, hematocrits, hematogenous, hematoid, hematologic, hematological, hematologies, hematologist, hematologists, hematology, hematoma, hematomas, hematomata, hematophagous, hematopoieses, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic, hematoporphyrin, hematoporphyrins, hematoxylin, hematoxylins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hem": ahem, anthem, apothem, exanthem, maihem, mayhem, rehem, sachem, them. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hem": accouchement, accouchements, agrichemical, agrichemicals, agrochemical, agrochemicals, alchemic, alchemical, alchemically, alchemies, alchemist, alchemistic, alchemistical, alchemists, alchemize, alchemized, alchemizes, alchemizing, alchemy, anathema, anathemas, anathemata, anathematize, anathematized, anathematizes, anathematizing, anthemed, anthemia, antheming, anthemion, anthems, apothems, behemoth, behemoths, bimorphemic, biochemical, biochemically, biochemicals, biochemist, biochemistries, biochemistry, biochemists, biogeochemical, biogeochemicals, biogeochemistries, biogeochemistry, biomathematical, biomathematician, biomathematicians, biomathematics, blaspheme. (additional references) | |
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"Hem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aham, ahme, Bheim, eham, Ehem, ehk, ehm, ehn, emm, femi, ghem, ghim, Haeim, haemo, haen, hamb, hamm, Haym, Hcem, heb, hec, heem, heen, heeng, hef, heg, heh, hei, heim, hej, hek, Hemba, hemd, heme, heml, hemm, Hemmo, hemn, hemy, hemz, heni, heom, hev, Heym, hez, Hhmi, hiam, hiem, hima, himb, himo, himy, himz, hiom, hlen, hmd, hme, hmen, hnen, hoem, hom, homh, Homm, hsm, htm, Humm, hvem, hvm, hym, jeem, nhek, Nhim, oem, phem, rhem, rhen, zem. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hem" (pronounced he"m) |
| 2 | -e" m | condemn, em, femme, gem, Rem, stem, them. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-m" | |
-1 letter: eh, em, he, hm, me. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-m" | |
+1 letter: ahem, haem, hame, helm, heme, hemp, hems, herm, home, mesh, meth, them. | |
+2 letters: almeh, chemo, chime, chyme, haems, hames, harem, helms, hemal, hemes, hemic, hemin, hemps, hempy, herma, herms, homed, homer, homes, homey, hymen, mache, mahoe, meshy, meths, miche, mohel, rehem, rheum, rhyme, shame, theme, therm, thyme, whelm. | |
+3 letters: almehs, anthem, ashmen, chemic, chemos, chimed, chimer, chimes, chrome, chymes, cometh, enmesh, exhume, haemal, haemic, haemin, hakeem, hamate, hamlet, hammed, hammer, hamper, hareem, harems, harmed, harmer, heaume, helium, helmed, helmet, hemins, hemmed, hemmer, hemoid, hempen, hempie, hermae, hermai, hermit, hetman, hiemal, homage, hombre, homely, homers, homier, humane, humate, humble, humeri, hummed, hummer, humped, humvee, hymens, hymned, immesh, imphee, inhume, inmesh, lamedh, maches, mahoes, maihem, manche, mashed, masher, mashes, mashie, mayhem, megohm, menhir, mensch, meshed, meshes, method, methyl, miched, miches, mikveh, mither, mohels, moshed, mosher, moshes, mother, muches, mushed, musher, mushes, ohmage, phenom, phlegm, phloem, rehems, rheums, rheumy, rhymed, rhymer, rhymes, sachem, samech, samekh, schema, scheme, schmoe, shamed, shames, shmear, shmoes, tempeh, theism, themed, themes, therme, therms, thymes, thymey, unhelm, unmesh, whelms. | |
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