eu-

(Greek: good, well, normal; happy, pleasing; used as a prefix)

Eudora (s) (noun)
The first name for a female: "Eudora means 'generous' or 'a good gift'."
euesthesia (s) (noun), euesthesias (pl)
The normal or good condition of the sensations or feelings of the body: The good news from Dr. White was that Manfred was healthy, so he could now have a great feeling of euesthesia.
Eugene
Eugenia
eugenics
1. The idea that society can be improved by allowing people to become parents only if they are likely to produce healthy and intelligent children.
2. The study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
3. The proposed improvement of the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics that are judged to be desirable.
eugnosia
eugnostic
eugonic
euhaline (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to waters containing a normal salinity: Euhaline oceans have between 30 and 40 parts per thousand of dissolved salts, which is normal sea or ocean water.
euhydrophily (s) (noun) (no pl)
The existence of a form of life that thrives submerged in fresh water: Euhydrophily can be exemplified by the growth of the water lily in a pond or small lake.

The condition of euhydrophily can also include plants whose flowers and seeds on short stems are above the surface of the water.

eukinesia
eukinesis
eukinetic
eulogy
eumetria

Related good-word units: agatho-, bene-, bon-.


Word groups which are antonyms of this unit: caco-, dys-, mal-, mis-.