9-letter words containing s, u, e
- euphonism — the use of pleasant-sounding words or phrases
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- euphrasia — eyebright
- euphrates — a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)
- euphuisms — Plural form of euphuism.
- euplastic — healing quickly and well
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- 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.
- euro-size — (of clothes, shoes, etc) European in size or measurement
- eurocorps — a multinational army corps based in Strasbourg and participated in by mainly EU countries
- eurotrash — fashionable Europeans, traveling or living abroad, of a type regarded variously as pretentious, shallow, irresponsible, parasitic, etc.
- eustasies — Plural form of eustasy.
- euthanase — (UK) Alternative form of euthanize.
- euthanise — (transitive, British) alternative spelling of euthanize.
- euthenics — The study of the effects of place on people.
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- evacuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evacuate.
- evaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of evaluate.
- exclosure — An area from which unwanted animals are excluded.
- excluders — Plural form of excluder.
- exclusion — The process or state of excluding or being excluded.
- exclusive — An item or story published or broadcast by only one source.
- exclusory — Having the power or the function of excluding.
- excursing — Present participle of excurse.
- excursion — A short journey or trip, esp. one engaged in as a leisure activity.
- excursive — Of the nature of an excursion; ranging widely; digressive.
- excusable — Able to be justified or forgiven; forgivable.
- excusably — In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree.
- excuse me — polite interruption
- excussion — The process or proceedings whereby a creditor must proceed against a principal debtor before proceeding against a surety or subsidiary debtor.
- executers — Plural form of executer.
- executors — Plural form of executor.
- exhausted — Drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired.
- exhauster — (obsolete) exhaust, exhaust pipe.
- exisulind — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- exogamous — (biology, marriage) Of or relating to exogamy.
- exogenous — Of, relating to, or developing from external factors.
- exonumist — a collector of exonumia
- exposures — Plural form of exposure.
- expulsing — Present participle of expulse.
- expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
- expulsive — Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
- exquisite — Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.
- exsuccous — having no sap or juice
- exsuction — The act of sucking out.
- extrusile — being thrust or forced out
- extrusion — A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
- extrusive — Relating to or denoting rock that has been extruded at the earth’s surface as lava or other volcanic deposits.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.