9-letter words containing e, o, u
- jointures — Plural form of jointure.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- jonquiere — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- josef suk — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.
- jotunheim — the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
- jouisance — joy; delight
- journeyed — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- journeyer — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- jumbo jet — a widebody jet airliner.
- jumboized — Simple past tense and past participle of jumboize.
- jumentous — Of, relating to, or smelling like horse urine.
- jump rope — Also, jump roping. a children's game or an exercise for children and adults in which a rope is swung over and under the standing jumper, who must leap over it each time it reaches the feet.
- juniorate — a two-year course of study for a Jesuit novice in preparation for the course in philosophy.
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- junoesque — (of a woman) stately; regal.
- jurywomen — Plural form of jurywoman.
- juvenoids — Plural form of juvenoid.
- juxtapose — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilojoule — An SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 joules.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- l-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- la tortue — French name of Tortuga.
- labourers — Plural form of labourer.
- labourite — a member or supporter of the Labour party.
- lactulose — (organic compound) A disaccharide of galactose and fructose formed when milk is heated.
- ladle out — If you ladle out something such as money, information, or advice, you give it freely and in large quantities.
- laevulose — (carbohydrate) alternative spelling of levulose (fructose).
- lamoureux — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1834–99, French violinist and conductor.
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- lapideous — (obsolete) Of the nature of stone.
- larcenous — of, resembling, or characteristic of larceny.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- launcelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- leave out — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- leavenous — containing leaven
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- let up on — If you let up on someone or something, you stop being so harsh or strict with them.
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucoline — quinoline.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.