Discover a variety of words that start with “eu” and expand your vocabulary with exciting terms ranging from science to everyday language.
- Eucalyptus- a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs.
- Eulogy- a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something, typically someone who has just died.
- Euphoria- a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
- Eunuch- a man who has been castrated, especially one employed to guard the women’s living areas at an oriental court.
- Eurasia- the combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.
- Eureka- an exclamation used to celebrate a discovery or invention.
- Euthanasia- the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.
- Euclidean- relating to the geometry of flat surfaces, based on the work of the Greek mathematician Euclid.
- Euphemism- a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.
- Eurythmic- harmonious proportional.
- Euphonious- pleasing to the ear.
- Eudaemonic- producing happiness or welfare.
- Eukaryote- an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus.
- Eutrophic- rich in nutrients and so supporting a dense plant population, but poor in animal life.
- Eulogize- praise highly in speech or writing.
- Euphony- the quality of being pleasing to the ear.
- Euploid- having an exact multiple of the haploid number of chromosomes.
- Eubacteria- a large group of bacteria having simple cells with rigid cell walls and, often, flagella for movement.
- Europeanize- make European or more European in character.
- Eutectic- relating to or denoting a mixture of substances (especially an alloy) that melts or solidifies at a particular temperature, which is lower than the melting points of the individual constituents.
- Eucrite- a type of basaltic meteorite.
- Eugeosyncline- a major downwarp in the earth’s crust filled with a thick accumulation of sediment.
- Eustress- moderate or normal psychological stress interpreted as being beneficial for the experiencer.
- Eugenics- the science of improving a population by controlled breeding to increase the occurrence of desirable heritable characteristics.
- Eupeptic- having good digestion or promoting good digestion.
- Euthermic- maintaining a normal body temperature.
- Eupatrid- a member of the ancient aristocracy of Attica.
- Eudiometer- an apparatus for measuring the change in volume of gas during a chemical reaction.
- Euphorbia- a plant of a large genus that includes poinsettia and spurge.
- Eustatic- relating to or denoting changes in sea level due to variation in the amount of water in the oceans rather than changes in the land.
- Eulachon- a small, oily fish of the smelt family.
- Eunomia- good order or governance, especially in the state.
- Euonymus- a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family.
- Euploidic- referring to an exact multiple of the haploid number of chromosomes.
- Euhedral- having all faces well-developed.
- Eurybathic- inhabiting a wide range of water depths.
- Eupraxia- good action or conduct.
- Eupnea- normal, unlabored breathing.
- Eupnoea- an alternative spelling of eupnea.
- Eurytherm- an organism that can tolerate a wide range of temperatures.
- Eusocial- relating to a high level of organization in animal society, typically involving the division of labor.
- Eutaxy- good or established order.
- Eumorphic- having a normal shape or form.
- Eurytopic- able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions.
- Euryhaline- able to tolerate a wide range of salinity.
- Euonym- a name well suited to the person, place, or thing named.
- Euthanize- put (a living being, especially a pet) to death humanely.
- Eurocentric- focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world.
- Eutrophication- excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life.
- Eutectoid- a microstructure formed by the phase transformation of one solid into two new solid phases at a particular temperature.