Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 15 compound words that contain hems. The most common are listed below. Open hems in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- hems upthird-person singular simple present indicative of hem up: To restrain (a person) by grabbing their collar.
- hems and hawsthird-person singular simple present indicative of hem and haw: To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
- hems and hahsthird-person singular simple present indicative of hem and hah: To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
Compound words 15
- anthemsplural of anthem: Antiphon.
- HemsleyA surname.
- HemsworthA hamlet in Witchampton parish, east Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST9605).
- allochemsplural of allochem: a grain of rock in a carbonate rock
- cephemsplural of cephem: Any of several antibiotics including the cephalosporins and cephamycins (cephams)
- chochemsplural of chochem: A wise and learned man
- Dershemsplural of Dershem: A surname.
- dirhemsplural of dirhem: A former small Turkish unit of weight, variously reckoned as 1.5–3.5 g (0.05–0.12 oz.).
- Hachemsplural of Hachem: A surname from Arabic.
- Hemsleysplural of Hemsley: A surname.