9-letter words containing p, u, e
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- duopolies — Plural form of duopoly.
- duplexing — duplex apartment.
- duplexity — duplex apartment.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
- empurples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empurple.
- empyreuma — the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- enrapture — Give intense pleasure or joy to.
- epauleted — Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.
- epaulette — An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epictetus — ?50–?120 ad, Greek Stoic philosopher, who stressed self-renunciation and the brotherhood of man
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epicurize — to act as an epicure
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- epifaunal — relating to epifauna
- epigenous — growing on the surface, esp the upper surface, of an organism or part
- epigynous — (of flowers) having the receptacle enclosing and fused with the gynoecium so that the other floral parts arise above it
- epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
- epilogued — followed by an epilogue
- epilogues — Plural form of epilogue.
- epimysium — A sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle.
- epineural — (anatomy) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.
- epineuria — sheaths of connective tissue around bundles of nerve fibres
- epizeuxis — (rhetoric) Repeating words in immediate succession.
- eponymous — (of a person) giving their name to something.
- epulation — the act of feasting
- epuration — purification
- equal pay — the right of a man or woman to receive the same pay as a person of the opposite sex doing the same or similar work for the same or a similar employer
- equipages — Plural form of equipage.
- equipment — The necessary items for a particular purpose.
- equipoise — Balance of forces or interests.
- equipping — Present participle of equip.
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- esophagus — The part of the alimentary canal that connects the throat to the stomach; the gullet. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.
- espousals — Plural form of espousal.
- espousing — Present participle of espouse.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euphemise — Alternative spelling of euphemize.