9-letter words containing iu
- trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
- triforium — (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.
- tripudium — an ancient religious dance
- triradius — a Y -shaped group of ridges on the palm of the hand at the base of each finger.
- trisodium — pertaining to molecules containing three sodium atoms.
- triumphal — of, pertaining to, celebrating, or commemorating a triumph or victory: a triumphal banquet; a triumphal ode.
- triumphed — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
- ununtrium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a short half-life. Symbol: Uut; atomic number: 113.
- unununium — roentgenium.
- uredinium — Mycology. the fruiting body of the rust fungi that bears urediospores.
- uropygium — the projecting terminal portion of a bird's body, from which the tail feathers spring.
- vaccinium — a member of a shrub genus including blueberries and cranberries
- vestigium — a vestigial structure of any kind; vestige.
- virginium — (formerly) francium. Symbol: Vi.
- vitallium — a corrosion-resistant alloy of cobalt, chromium, and molybdenum, used for dentures, in bone surgery and prosthetics, in castings, etc.
- vitruvius — (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio) fl. 1st cent. b.c.; Rom. architect & engineer
- ytterbium — a rare metallic element found in gadolinite and forming compounds resembling those of yttrium. Symbol: Yb; atomic weight: 173.04; atomic number: 70; specific gravity: 6.96.
- zirconium — a metallic element found combined in zircon, baddeleyite, etc., resembling titanium chemically: used in steel metallurgy, as a scavenger, as a refractory, and as an opacifier in vitreous enamels. Symbol: Zr; atomic weight: 91.22; atomic number: 40; specific gravity: 6.49 at 20°C.
- zoocytium — the outer sheath or branched support of colonies of some social minute aquatic creatures