Words Ending in -ous

We found 965 words ending in -ous, grouped by length below.

Popular -ous words with meanings

All 965 words

4 letters (2)

nous rous

5 letters (1)

pious

6 letters (15)

aurous cerous famous humous joyous mucous odious parous pilous porous ramous serous uveous venous vinous

7 letters (75)

acetous acinous agamous amebous amorous anurous anxious apodous aqueous arduous azygous bilious brumous bulbous burnous callous carious caseous chylous citrous copious cormous cuprous curious devious dubious duteous emulous envious estrous fatuous ferrous fibrous fungous furious fuscous gallous gaseous gibbous grumous heinous hideous hydrous igneous impious jealous leprous nervous nitrous noxious obvious odorous ominous onerous onymous osseous parlous petrous piteous pompous raucous riotous ruinous sanious serious shavous sinuous spinous tedious tenuous vacuous various vicious viscous zealous

8 letters (95)

acarpous amoebous anginous apterous araceous arborous bibulous bigamous biparous biramous caducous canorous captious cautious cernuous corneous couscous covetous cumbrous cumulous decorous depilous desirous dextrous dizygous dolorous edacious enormous exiguous fabulous factious feverous flexuous generous glabrous glaucous glorious gorgeous gracious grievous humorous ichorous infamous libelous ligneous luminous luscious lustrous mucinous mutinous nacreous nauseous nebulous numerous numinous perilous pervious petalous plumbous populous potorous precious previous ravenous resinous rigorous saporous scabious scabrous sedulous sensuous sonorous spacious specious spermous spurious stannous studious timorous tortious tortuous trablous tuberous ulcerous unctuous usurious uxorious valorous vaporous venomous vigorous virtuous vitreous wondrous xanthous

9 letters (183)

acanthous achromous acidulous aluminous ambagious ambiguous ambitious amorphous analogous anestrous anhydrous anomalous anonymous antrozous apetalous aphyllous apivorous apogamous arboreous argentous arsenious assiduous atrocious audacious autoicous barbarous beauteous biogenous bodacious bounteous bumptious cabassous calculous cancerous cankerous capacious carbonous cavernous cetaceous chancrous chitinous clamorous congruous conscious courteous crapulous credulous cretinous cutaneous dangerous deciduous delicious delirious dexterous diclinous diestrous dioecious dipterous dolourous edematous egregious eponymous erogenous erroneous euphonous exogamous exogenous facetious felonious ferocious fibrinous fistulous flavorous fractious frivolous fugacious fulgurous garrulous glamorous glutinous gumptious hazardous hilarious humongous humourous imperious impetuous incurious ingenious ingenuous injurious innocuous innoxious inodorous insidious invidious judicious jumentous laborious larcenous lecherous libellous litigious ludicrous luxurious malicious marvelous melodious mercurous micaceous minacious momentous monecious monoicous monstrous moraceous murderous murmurous nectarous nefarious neotenous nonporous notorious oblivious obnoxious officious oleaceous oviparous paroicous pendulous penurious plenteous poisonous ponderous querulous rancorous rapacious rapturous religious righteous rivalrous rosaceous sagacious salacious sebaceous seditious sericeous setaceous siliceous silicious slumbrous sorcerous spiritous stomatous strenuous stuporous sulfurous sumptuous susurrous synoicous tenacious tendinous tenebrous tomentous torturous tremulous troublous tyrannous unanimous uniparous unobvious unpompous vapourous variolous venturous veracious verminous vexatious vicarious vinaceous vivacious voracious vulturous

10 letters (212)

abdominous abstemious acarpelous acephalous acrogenous acronymous adactylous adulterous aeriferous alacritous albuminous alliaceous allogamous allomerous amphibious amylaceous anadromous anasarcous anatropous anoestrous antonymous apocarpous aquiferous arenaceous astomatous auriferous auspicious autoecious autogamous autogenous autologous autonomous avaricious bicornuous bituminous blusterous boisterous bulbaceous cadaverous calamitous calcareous caliginous calumnious cancellous capricious censorious ceruminous chivalrous chylaceous circuitous clangorous coetaneous commodious coniferous contagious contiguous continuous coriaceous courageous cretaceous curvaceous diadromous diaphanous dimorphous dioestrous disastrous drupaceous edentulous endogamous endogenous endovenous equanimous euphonious extraneous factitious fallacious fastidious felicitous fictitious flagitious flavourous foliaceous fortuitous gangrenous gelatinous glamourous gluttonous gratuitous gregarious harmonious herbaceous homoecious homogenous homologous homonymous homozygous horrendous idolatrous impervious incautious incestuous indecorous indigenous infectious inglorious iniquitous innumerous iridaceous isotropous languorous lascivious leguminous libidinous licentious liliaceous loquacious lubricious lucifugous lugubrious malodorous marvellous membranous mendacious metabolous meticulous miraculous misogynous monandrous monestrous monoecious monogamous monogynous monosemous monotonous mordacious muciferous mysterious nidicolous nidifugous nutritious obsequious oleaginous omnivorous ossiferous outrageous pemphigous perfidious pernicious polygamous polygynous polyoicous polysemous poriferous portentous posthumous precarious precocious predaceous predacious prodigious propitious prosperous pugnacious pyrogenous rampageous rebellious rendezvous ridiculous robustious rupicolous saliferous salubrious saxicolous scandalous scrofulous scrupulous scurrilous slanderous slumberous solicitous spirituous stertorous stupendous subaqueous sulphurous suspicious syncarpous synoecious synonymous tenebrious testaceous thunderous traitorous treasonous tremendous tumultuous ubiquitous umbrageous undesirous ungenerous ungracious unhumorous unstudious uproarious ventricous victorious villainous viviparous vociferous voluminous voluptuous zoophagous

11 letters (156)

abranchious abstentious acarpellous acclivitous achromatous acrimonious acrocarpous adventurous aerophilous amentaceous ametabolous anachronous androgenous androgynous anfractuous angiomatous anisogamous antimonious arboraceous arenicolous ascocarpous ascosporous atrabilious bacciferous baccivorous betulaceous bicephalous blasphemous brachyurous burglarious butyraceous cacophonous calcicolous calciferous calcifugous callipygous carnivorous carunculous catadromous ceremonious chartaceous chelicerous cheliferous chlamydeous chyliferous collagenous compendious congenerous conspicuous contentious contrarious coterminous cruciferous crustaceous declivitous deleterious dichotomous dissentious duplicitous efficacious expeditious fantabulous farinaceous filamentous fissiparous flirtatious gemmiferous herbivorous heteroicous homogeneous homophonous homosporous homostylous ignominious illustrious impecunious incongruous incredulous industrious injudicious intravenous irreligious isochronous isomorphous lentiginous longanimous magnanimous malodourous mecopterous mellifluous meritorious mischievous monoclinous monoestrous mountainous multiparous necessitous neuromatous nitrogenous nonresinous nonvenomous odoriferous omnifarious opprobrious overanxious overcurious overjealous overserious overzealous pentamerous perspicuous pestiferous phosphorous piscivorous polyandrous polyestrous polyphonous precipitous prestigious pretentious primiparous prognathous promiscuous punctilious repetitious rhizomatous rumbustious sanguineous saponaceous scotomatous scrumptious sententious solanaceous somniferous spontaneous sporogenous superfluous sympetalous symphonious synchronous temerarious tempestuous tendencious tendentious tetramerous treacherous tuberculous unambiguous unambitious unconscious unglamorous unhazardous unmalicious unmelodious unrighteous vertiginous

12 letters (104)

achlamydeous acidophilous adscititious advantageous adventitious altitudinous ambidextrous amentiferous amphitropous anemophilous angiocarpous anthophagous anthophilous apocynaceous argillaceous arthropodous ascomycetous asynchronous atheromatous cantankerous carbonaceous carpophagous carposporous cementitious contemptuous conterminous contumacious contumelious cryptogamous discourteous disingenuous disputatious erythematous exsanguinous gallinaceous gamopetalous heteroecious heterogenous heterologous heterozygous hypognathous impetiginous inauspicious incommodious infelicitous inharmonious insalubrious lobeliaceous meretricious metamorphous momentaneous monochromous mucilaginous multifarious nonconscious nonglutinous nonpoisonous obstreperous orthotropous ostentatious overcautious overgenerous pachydermous parsimonious pelecypodous percutaneous peritrichous pertinacious phytophagous phytophilous polymorphous polyoestrous polypetalous precancerous prejudicious preposterous presumptuous pseudonymous pyroligneous rambunctious sacrilegious saprophagous sarcolemnous seminiferous semiprecious simultaneous slaughterous soporiferous subconscious subcutaneous supercilious suppositious tralatitious unchivalrous unfastidious unglamourous ungregarious unharmonious unpropitious unscrupulous unsuspicious vainglorious vitiliginous zygomorphous

13 letters (70)

allochthonous aluminiferous anencephalous angiospermous argentiferous arteriovenous arthrosporous arundinaceous autochthonous bibliolatrous bignoniaceous brachiopodous brachypterous camphoraceous carboniferous carcinomatous cartilaginous cleistogamous conscientious consentaneous discomycetous discontinuous disharmonious emphysematous entomophilous fossiliferous granuliferous granulomatous gymnospermous heterogeneous heterosporous hymenopterous inconspicuous inefficacious inhomogeneous insectivorous instantaneous miscellaneous mucocutaneous multitudinous nectariferous nonautonomous noncontagious noncontinuous nongregarious noninfectious overambitious overcredulous ovoviviparous perspicacious pilosebaceous platitudinous pleurocarpous polydactylous proteinaceous pusillanimous sanctimonious semiconscious serendipitous splendiferous stoloniferous subterraneous superstitious surreptitious umbelliferous unadventurous unceremonious unmeritorious unpretentious unsynchronous

14 letters (29)

actinomorphous actinomycetous artiodactylous basidiosporous branchiopodous campylotropous chaetognathous chlorophyllous consanguineous cucurbitaceous dicotyledonous extemporaneous geosynchronous hemimetabolous holometabolous intracutaneous macrocephalous microcephalous myrmecophagous myrmecophilous noncontentious nonsynchronous oversolicitous oversuspicious pachydermatous polemoniaceous supposititious transcutaneous unostentatious

15 letters (15)

anthropophagous asclepiadaceous bacteriophagous basidiomycetous brachydactylous circumlocutious contemporaneous disadvantageous macrencephalous opisthognathous plumbaginaceous poikilothermous pulchritudinous unconscientious unselfconscious

16 letters (6)

anthropomorphous caryophyllaceous gynandromorphous hemimetamorphous heterometabolous monocotyledonous

18 letters (2)

adenocarcinomatous fibrocartilaginous

More word endings

-tion words -sion words -ing words -ed words -ly words -ness words -ment words -able words -ible words -ful words -less words -er words -est words -y words