6-letter words containing e, u, i
- leucin — Dated form of leucine.
- li xue — Li Hsüeh.
- lie up — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lieut. — Lieut. is a written abbreviation for lieutenant when it is a person's title.
- ligule — a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- ligure — a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- lineup — a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- louise — an opera (1900) by Gustave Charpentier.
- lourie — Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
- lucine — A bivalve mollusk that typically has a rounded white shell with radial and concentric ridges, found in tropical and temperate seas.
- lucite — Alternative capitalization of Lucite.
- luckie — lucky2 .
- luetic — syphilitic.
- luggie — any wooden container with a lug, or handle, as a mug, a pail, or a dish with a handle on the side.
- lumine — to illumine.
- lungie — (UK, Scotland, dialect) A guillemot.
- lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- lutein — Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- luvvie — Alternative spelling of luvvy.
- medium — a middle state or condition; mean.
- medius — the middle finger.
- mergui — a seaport in S Burma, on the Andaman Sea.
- mifune — Toshiro [tuh-sheer-oh;; Japanese taw-shee-raw] /təˈʃɪər oʊ;; Japanese tɔˈʃi rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1920–97, Japanese film actor, born in China.
- milieu — surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
- mimune — Member of the Institution of Municipal Engineers
- minuet — a slow, stately dance in triple meter, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- minute — the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
- misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- mousie — (diminutive) A mouse.
- muddie — (games) Synonym mudhead. More common in Great Britain, possibly because system administrators there like to mutter "bloody muddies" when annoyed at the species.
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- mulier — a legitimate child.
- muncie — a city in E Indiana.
- munite — to fortify.
- murein — Peptidoglycan, mucopeptide.
- muriel — a female given name.
- murine — belonging or pertaining to the Muridae, the family of rodents that includes the mice and rats.
- musive — relating to or forming a mosaic
- muskie — Edmund (Sixtus) [sik-stuh s] /ˈsɪk stəs/ (Show IPA), 1914–96, U.S. politician: senator 1959–80; secretary of state 1980–81.
- mutein — a mutationally altered protein.
- mutine — a rebel; mutineer
- netbui — (spelling) It's spelled "NetBEUI".
- neumic — any of various symbols representing from one to four notes, used in the musical notation of the Middle Ages but now employed solely in the notation of Gregorian chant in the liturgical books of the Roman Catholic Church.
- niuean — of or relating to the S Pacific island of Niue or its inhabitants
- nubile — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nuclei — plural of nucleus.
- nudies — a film, performance, or magazine featuring nude performers or photographs.
- nuggie — a light blow or jab, usually to a person's head, back, or upper arm and accompanied by a twisting motion, with the extended knuckle of the curled-up second or third finger: done as a gesture of affection or painfully as a prank.
- nursie — (childish, mainly as a term of address) nurse.