9-letter words containing e, n, o
- ethnolect — A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
- ethnology — The study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
- eton crop — a short mannish hairstyle worn by women in the 1920s
- eton mess — a dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, cream, and crushed meringue
- eudemonia — Happiness, well-being.
- euglenoid — A flagellated single-celled organism of a group that comprises euglena and its relatives.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- euphonize — (transitive) To make euphonic.
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- euro-isdn — European Integrated Services Digital Network. An ETSI standard for Integrated Services Digital Network being phased in in March 1994. Euro-ISDN will allow full transparent interworking between all European countries (members of the CEPT). It is available on a commercial basis in most European countries.
- europanet — A combination of pan-European backbone services run by DANTE.
- evagation — the act of wandering or roving
- even odds — a bet in which the potential winnings are the same amount as the original stake.
- every one — each person or thing in a group, without exception
- evictions — Plural form of eviction.
- evildoing — An evil or wicked act or behaviour, especially such a crime.
- evilution — (informal, pejorative, often humorous) Evolutionary theory viewed as something detrimental to human society.
- evitation — (obsolete) A shunning; avoidance.
- evocating — Present participle of evocate.
- evocation — The act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
- evolution — The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
- ex nihilo — out of nothing
- exactions — Plural form of exaction.
- exaration — (obsolete) The act of ploughing.
- excambion — an exchange, esp of land
- exception — A person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule.
- excitonic — Of or pertaining to excitons or excitonics.
- exclusion — The process or state of excluding or being excluded.
- excretion — (in living organisms and cells) the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter.
- excursion — A short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity.
- excussion — The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
- execution — The carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action.
- exemption — The process of freeing or state of being free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.
- exergonic — (of a metabolic or chemical process) accompanied by the release of energy.
- exertions — Physical or mental effort.
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- exhorting — Present participle of exhort.
- exodontia — The extraction of teeth.
- exoenzyme — An enzyme that acts outside the cell that produces it.
- exogenous — Of, relating to, or developing from external factors.
- exonerate — (especially of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, especially after due consideration of the case.
- exonerees — Plural form of exoneree.
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- exoplanet — A planet that orbits a star outside the solar system.
- exoration — a plea or entreaty
- exotoxins — Plural form of exotoxin.