9-letter words containing e, u, n, i
- prelusion — a prelude.
- prenubile — of the period from birth to puberty
- presuming — presumptuous.
- primuline — a synthetic yellow dye
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- puddening — the rope fender on a boat
- pugginess — stumpiness
- puissance — power, might, or force.
- pulverine — the alkaline ashes resulting from the burning of the barilla plant
- pulvinate — having the shape of a cushion; resembling a cushion; cushion-shaped.
- pulvinule — (at the base of a leafstalk) a small swelling
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- pure line — a uniform strain of organisms that is relatively pure genetically because of continued inbreeding and artificial selection.
- purloined — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- purloiner — to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
- pursiness — the state of being pursy
- pushiness — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- quaintest — Superlative form of quaint.
- quantiles — Plural form of quantile.
- quantised — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantitie — Obsolete spelling of quantity.
- quantized — Mathematics, Physics. to restrict (a variable quantity) to discrete values rather than to a continuous set of values.
- quantizer — An electronic device that samples a varying quantity (e.g. a waveform) and generates a digital response.
- quantizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quantize.
- quavering — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- queenfish — a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.
- queenship — the state, office, or dignity of a queen.
- queenside — the side of the board on which the queen is positioned at the start of a game, left for white and right for black.
- quelimane — a seaport in E Mozambique.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quercetin — a yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 5 H 1 0 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the quercitron and other vegetable substances, used as a yellow dye; flavin.
- querencia — (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand. (from 1930s).
- querimony — a complaint
- questions — Plural form of question.
- quickened — Simple past tense and past participle of quicken.
- quickener — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quiesence — Misspelling of quiescence.
- quiet sun — the sun at the minimum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- quietened — Simple past tense and past participle of quieten.
- quietener — a thing which quiets or sedates
- quietness — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- quill pen — dip pen made from feather
- quinellas — Plural form of quinella.
- quinidine — a colorless, crystalline alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , isomeric with quinine, obtained from the bark of certain species of cinchona trees or shrubs, used chiefly to regulate heart rhythm and to treat malaria.
- quinoline — a colorless, liquid, water-immiscible, nitrogenous base, C 9 H 7 N, having a disagreeable odor, occurring in coal tar, and usually prepared by oxidizing a mixture of glycerol and aniline: used as a solvent and reagent and to make dyes.
- quinolone — Any of a class of antibiotics used in treating a variety of mainly Gram-negative infections, and thought to be responsible for antibiotic resistance in some microbes.