Definition of gem

"gem" in the noun sense

1. gem, treasure

art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

2. gem, gemstone, stone

a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

"he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"

"she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

3. jewel, gem

a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

4. muffin, gem

a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

5. jewel, gem, precious stone

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

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Quotations for gem

To have the power to forgive,
Is empire and prerogative,
And 'tis in crowns a nobler gem,
To grant a pardon than condemn. [ Butler ]

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As the best gem upon her zone. [ Emerson ]

Ask why God made the gem so small,
And why so huge the granite?
Because God meant mankind should set
The higher value on it. [ Burns ]

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. [ Gray ]

Candor is the brightest gem of criticism. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]

Hope's gentle gem, the sweet forget-me-not. [ Coleridge ]

The dew-bead gem, of earth and sky begotten. [ George Eliot ]

No radiant pearl which crested fortune wears,
No gem that, twinkling, hangs from beauty's ears,
Not the bright stars which night's blue arch adorn,
Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn.
Shine with such lustre as the tear that breaks
For other's woe, down virtue's manly cheeks. [ Darwin ]

First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea. [ Moore ]

Nobility without virtue is a fine setting without a gem. [ Jane Porter ]

Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,
First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea. [ Moore ]

For brilliancy, no gem compares with the eyes of a beautiful woman. [ Dr. J. V. C. Smith ]

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. [ Hafiz ]

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels must give. [ George Macdonald ]

In the hands of genius, the driest stick becomes an Aaron's rod, and buds and blossoms out in poetry. Is he a Burns? the sight of a mountain daisy unseals the fountains of his nature, and he embalms the bonny gem in the beauty of his spirit. Is he a Wordsworth? at his touch all nature is instinct with feeling; the spirit of beauty springs up in the footsteps of his going, and the darkest, nakedest grave becomes a sunlit bank empurpled with blossoms of life. [ H. N. Hudson ]

gem in Scrabble®

The word gem is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters gem:

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gem in Words With Friends™

The word gem is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters gem:

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Words within the letters of gem

2 letter words in gem (2 words)

3 letter words in gem (1 word)

gem + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence gem

Words with gem in them (131 words)

gemabridgementabridgementsacknowledgementacknowledgementsadjudgementadjudgementsarrangementarrangementsbargemanbargemasterbargemastersbargemenbridgemakerbridgemakersbridgemakingbridgemanbridgemasterbridgemastersbridgemencomanagementcomanagementscounterstratagemsderangementderangementsdisacknowledgementdisacknowledgementsdisarrangementdisarrangementsdiscouragementdiscouragementsdisengagementdisengagementsdisgorgementdisgorgementsdislodgementdislodgementsdisobligementdisobligementsdisparagementdisparagementsdivulgementdivulgementsedgemakeredgemakersedgemakingencouragementencouragementsengagementengagementsengorgementenlargementenlargementsenvisagementestrangementestrangementsexpungementforejudgementforejudgementsgarbagemangarbagemenhegemonhegemonialhegemonichegemonicalhegemonicallyhegemonieshegemonismhegemonisthegemonistichegemonistshegemonshegemonyimagemakerimagemakersimpingementimpingementsinfringementinfringementsinterchangementinterchangementsjudgementjudgementaljudgementslargemouthlargemouthslodgementmanagementmanagementsmicromanagementmicromanagementsmisarrangementmisarrangementsmisjudgementmisjudgementsmismanagementmismanagementsnondisparagementnongemmulatednoninfringementnonmanagementobligementobligementsoverdiscouragementoverencouragementoverjudgementoverjudgementsovermanagementovermanagementsparatrigeminalperigemmalpreacknowledgementpreacknowledgementsprearrangementprearrangementsprejudgementprejudgementspretrigeminalrearrangementrearrangementsreencouragementreengagementreengagementsreenlargementstratagemstrigeminaltrigeminalsundermanagementundermanagementsunhingementunhingements

Words that end with gem (4 words)

Word Growth involving gem

Shorter words in gem

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Longer words containing gem

acknowledgement acknowledgements disacknowledgements

acknowledgement acknowledgements preacknowledgements

acknowledgement disacknowledgement disacknowledgements

acknowledgement preacknowledgement preacknowledgements

arrangement arrangements disarrangements

arrangement arrangements misarrangements

arrangement arrangements rearrangements prearrangements

arrangement disarrangement disarrangements

arrangement misarrangement misarrangements

arrangement rearrangement prearrangement prearrangements

arrangement rearrangement rearrangements prearrangements

bargeman

bargemaster bargemasters

bargemen

bridgemaker bridgemakers

bridgemaking

bridgeman

bridgemaster bridgemasters

bridgemen abridgement abridgements

brummagem

derangement derangements

discouragement discouragements

discouragement overdiscouragement

disgorgement disgorgements

disparagement disparagements

disparagement nondisparagement

divulgement divulgements

edgemaker edgemakers

edgemaking

encouragement encouragements

encouragement overencouragement

encouragement reencouragement

engagement disengagement disengagements

engagement engagements disengagements

engagement engagements reengagements

engagement reengagement reengagements

engorgement

enlargement enlargements

enlargement reenlargement

envisagement

estrangement estrangements

expungement

garbageman

garbagemen

gematria

gemfish gemfishes

geminal trigeminal paratrigeminal

geminal trigeminal pretrigeminal

geminal trigeminal trigeminals

geminate geminated

geminate geminates

geminating

gemination

geminative

geminivirus geminiviruses

gemless

gemlike

gemmed

gemmological gemmologically

gemmologist gemmologists

gemmology

gemmula gemmulae

gemmula gemmulate gemmulated nongemmulated

gemmula gemmulate gemmulates

gemmula gemmulating

gemmula gemmulation gemmulations

gemmule gemmules

gemological gemologically

gemologist gemologists

gemology

gems gemsbok gemsboks

gems gemsbuck gemsbucks

gems gemstone gemstones

gems stratagems counterstratagems

hegemon hegemonial

hegemon hegemonic hegemonical hegemonically

hegemon hegemonies

hegemon hegemonism

hegemon hegemonist hegemonistic

hegemon hegemonist hegemonists

hegemon hegemons

hegemon hegemony

imagemaker imagemakers

impingement impingements

infringement infringements

infringement noninfringement

interchangement interchangements

judgement adjudgement adjudgements

judgement forejudgement forejudgements

judgement judgemental

judgement judgements adjudgements

judgement judgements forejudgements

judgement judgements misjudgements

judgement judgements overjudgements

judgement judgements prejudgements

judgement misjudgement misjudgements

judgement overjudgement overjudgements

judgement prejudgement prejudgements

largemouth largemouths

lodgement dislodgement dislodgements

management comanagement comanagements

management managements comanagements

management managements micromanagements

management managements mismanagements

management managements overmanagements

management managements undermanagements

management micromanagement micromanagements

management mismanagement mismanagements

management nonmanagement

management overmanagement overmanagements

management undermanagement undermanagements

obligement disobligement disobligements

obligement obligements disobligements

perigemmal

stratagem counterstratagem counterstratagems

stratagem stratagems counterstratagems

unhingement unhingements