9-letter words containing iu
- cystidium — (in certain basidiomycetous fungi) one of the large, inflated, sterile cells growing between the basidia and usually projecting beyond them.
- darius ii — (Ochus) died 404 b.c, king of Persia 424–404 (son of Artaxerxes I).
- decennium — decade (sense 2)
- deliquium — loss of consciousness; fainting
- deliriums — Plural form of delirium.
- demiurges — Plural form of demiurge.
- demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- desmodium — a genus of flowering plant, with usually unobtrusive flowers; many members are considered weeds, such as the beggarweed (Desmodium tortuosum)
- deuterium — a stable isotope of hydrogen, occurring in natural hydrogen (156 parts per million) and in heavy water: used as a tracer in chemistry and biology. Symbol: D or 2H; atomic no: 1; atomic wt: 2.014; boiling pt: –249.7°C
- diacodium — (in pre-modern medicine) a herbal remedy made chiefly from poppies, acting as an opiate and thus used to aid sleep
- diazonium — of, consisting of, or containing the group, Ar-N:N-, where Ar is an aryl group
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dilithium — A fictional crystalline mineral in the Star Trek franchise, described as an essential component of anti-matter energy generation systems.
- dionysius — ("the Elder") 431?–367 b.c, Greek soldier: tyrant of Syracuse 405–367.
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- diverbium — the spoken part of an ancient Roman drama.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- dupondius — a coin of ancient Rome, equal to two asses.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- elaterium — a greenish sediment prepared from the juice of the squirting cucumber, used as a purgative
- emporiums — Plural form of emporium.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epilobium — a plant from the genus Epilobium, such as willow-herb
- epimysium — A sheath of fibrous elastic tissue surrounding a muscle.
- eulogiums — Plural form of eulogium.
- euphonium — A valved brass musical instrument resembling a small tuba of tenor pitch, played mainly in military and brass bands.
- fabricius — Johan Christian [yoh-hahn kris-chuh n;; Danish yoh-hahn kris-tyahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fastigium — the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- gelsemium — the dried rhizome and root of yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative in the form of a powder, tincture, or fluid extract.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- gheorghiu — Angela. born 1965, Romanian soprano: noted for her performances and recordings of Italian opera
- gonangium — a reproductive polyp of a colonial hydroid, giving rise asexually to medusa buds.
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- harmonium — an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.
- helium ii — liquid helium existing as a superfluid below the lambda point of 2.186 K, having very low viscosity and very high thermal conductivity.
- helvetius — Claude Adrien [klawd ey-dree-uh n;; French klohd a-dree-ahn] /klɔd ˈeɪ dri ən;; French kloʊd a driˈɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1715–71, French philosopher.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.