9-letter words containing s, u
- equerries — Plural form of equerry.
- equinoxes — Plural form of equinox.
- equipages — Plural form of equipage.
- equipoise — Balance of forces or interests.
- equisetic — derived from equisetum
- equisetum — A plant of a genus that comprises the horsetails.
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
- erroneous — Wrong; incorrect.
- eruptions — Plural form of eruption.
- esculents — Plural form of esculent.
- 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.
- esquiline — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built
- essaouira — a port in SW Morocco on the Atlantic. Pop: 84 000 (2003)
- essequibo — a river in Guyana, rising near the Brazilian border and flowing north to the Atlantic: drains over half of Guyana. Length: 1014 km (630 miles)
- estuarial — Relating to an estuary.
- estuarian — relating to an estuary
- estuaries — Plural form of estuary.
- estuarine — Of or pertaining to an estuary.
- esurience — The quality of being esurient; extreme gluttony or boundless hunger.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucharist — The Eucharist is the Christian religious ceremony in which Christ's last meal with his disciples is celebrated by eating bread and drinking wine.
- eulachons — Plural form of eulachon.
- eulogised — Simple past tense and past participle of eulogise.
- eulogises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eulogise.
- eulogiums — Plural form of eulogium.
- eulogizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eulogize.
- eumenides — another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
- eunuchism — The condition of being a eunuch.
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euphemise — Alternative spelling of euphemize.
- euphemism — A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
- euphemist — One who uses euphemisms.
- euphenics — the study of biological improvement
- euphonies — Plural form of euphony.
- 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.