Words Containing OUS
Explore a range of words that include the letter OUS, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring OUS.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ous | 3 | - | - |
4 letter words
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| yous | 7 | - | - |
| nous | 4 | that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | - |
| oust | 4 | remove from a position or office | The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds |
| sous | 4 | - | - |
| mous | 6 | - | - |
| lous | 4 | - | - |
| fous | 7 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| house | 8 | provide housing for | The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town |
| mouse | 7 | to go stealthily or furtively | - |
| lousy | 8 | vile; despicable | a dirty (or lousy) trick |
| youse | 8 | - | - |
| pious | 7 | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity | pious readings |
| joust | 12 | a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances | - |
| louse | 5 | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals | - |
| rouse | 5 | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | - |
| douse | 6 | slacken | douse a rope |
| mousy | 10 | of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | a mousy brownish-grey color |
| souse | 5 | a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually | - |
| roust | 5 | - | - |
| ousts | 5 | - | - |
| ousel | 5 | common black European thrush | - |
| vrous | 8 | - | - |
| tousy | 8 | - | - |
| touse | 5 | - | - |
| thous | 8 | - | - |
| clous | 7 | - | - |
| bouse | 7 | haul with a tackle | - |
| bousy | 10 | - | - |
| moust | 7 | - | - |
| meous | 7 | - | - |
6 letter words
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| famous | 11 | widely known and esteemed | a famous actor |
| cousin | 8 | the child of your aunt or uncle | - |
| houses | 9 | - | - |
| blouse | 8 | a top worn by women | - |
| spouse | 8 | a person's partner in marriage | - |
| joyous | 16 | full of or characterized by joy | felt a joyous abandon |
| mousse | 8 | toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling | - |
| arouse | 6 | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | arouse pity |
| grouse | 7 | complain | - |
| odious | 7 | unequivocally detestable | consequences odious to those you govern |
| porous | 8 | full of pores or vessels or holes | - |
| mucous | 10 | of or secreting or covered with or resembling mucus | mucous tissue |
| mousey | 11 | of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse | - |
| venous | 9 | of or contained in or performing the function of the veins | venous inflammation |
| soused | 7 | very drunk | - |
| scouse | 8 | a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | - |
| rufous | 9 | - | - |
| crouse | 8 | United States playwright (1893-1966) | - |
| serous | 6 | of or producing or containing serum | a serous exudate |
| chouse | 11 | defeat someone through trickery or deceit | - |
| rouser | 6 | someone who rouses others from sleep | - |
| housel | 9 | - | - |
| ouster | 6 | the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | - |
| tousle | 6 | disarrange or rumple; dishevel | The strong wind tousled my hair |
| humous | 11 | a thick spread made from mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic; used especially as a dip for pita; originated in the Middle East | - |
| almous | 8 | - | - |
| bijous | 15 | - | - |
| bayous | 11 | - | - |
| comous | 10 | - | - |
| choush | 14 | - | - |
| cerous | 8 | of or relating to or containing cerium with valence 3 | - |
| blousy | 11 | - | - |
| bouses | 8 | - | - |
| boused | 9 | - | - |
| aurous | 6 | of or relating to or containing or derived from gold | - |
| awmous | 11 | - | - |
| cymous | 13 | - | - |
| hamous | 11 | - | - |
| gyrous | 10 | - | - |
| gousty | 10 | - | - |
| fousty | 12 | - | - |
| foussa | 9 | - | - |
| fumous | 11 | - | - |
| fucous | 11 | - | - |
| floush | 12 | - | - |
| flouse | 9 | - | - |
| favous | 12 | - | - |
| douses | 7 | - | - |
| douser | 7 | - | - |
| doused | 8 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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| serious | 7 | appealing to the mind | a serious book |
| nervous | 10 | unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | - |
| jealous | 14 | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions |
| obvious | 12 | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind | obvious errors |
| curious | 9 | beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | a curious hybrid accent |
| various | 10 | distinctly dissimilar or unlike | animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth |
| anxious | 14 | eagerly desirous | anxious to see the new show at the museum |
| furious | 10 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a furious battle |
| vicious | 12 | having the nature of vice | - |
| housing | 11 | structures collectively in which people are housed | - |
| hideous | 11 | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying | a hideous scar |
| envious | 10 | showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages | envious of their art collection |
| aroused | 8 | (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | - |
| ominous | 9 | presaging ill fortune | a dead and ominous silence prevailed |
| tedious | 8 | so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness | tedious days on the train |
| pompous | 13 | puffed up with vanity | a pompous speech |
| dubious | 10 | open to doubt or suspicion | he has a dubious record indeed |
| heinous | 10 | extremely wicked, deeply criminal | heinous accusations |
| devious | 11 | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | used devious means to achieve success |
| arduous | 8 | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here |
| nitrous | 7 | of or containing nitrogen | - |
| callous | 9 | having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear | calloused skin |
| amorous | 9 | inclined toward or displaying love | feeling amorous |
| trouser | 7 | a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers | in his trouser's pocket |
| raucous | 9 | disturbing the public peace; loud and rough | a raucous party |
| zealous | 16 | marked by active interest and enthusiasm | - |
| tenuous | 7 | lacking substance or significance | a tenuous argument |
| arousal | 7 | the act of arousing | the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions |
| rousing | 8 | the act of arousing | - |
| noxious | 14 | injurious to physical or mental health | noxious chemical wastes |
| vacuous | 12 | devoid of significance or force | vacuous comments |
| gaseous | 8 | existing as or having characteristics of a gas | steam is water is the gaseous state |
| ruinous | 7 | extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin | a ruinous course of action |
| spousal | 9 | of or relating to a wedding | spousal rites |
| piteous | 9 | deserving or inciting pity | piteous appeals for help |
| viscous | 12 | having a relatively high resistance to flow | - |
| onerous | 7 | not easily borne; wearing | my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests |
| copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
| igneous | 8 | produced under conditions involving intense heat | igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma |
| impious | 11 | lacking due respect or dutifulness | impious toward one's parents |
| riotous | 7 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | riotous times |
| fatuous | 10 | extremely silly or stupid | - |
| bulbous | 11 | curving outward | - |
| tousled | 8 | in disarray; extremely disorderly | a bed with tousled sheets |
| bilious | 9 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| fibrous | 12 | (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | - |
| sinuous | 7 | curved or curving in and out | - |
| dousing | 9 | the act of wetting something by submerging it | - |
| poussin | 9 | French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) | - |
| ousting | 8 | the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | - |
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8 letter words
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| thousand | 12 | denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units | - |
| gorgeous | 10 | dazzlingly beautiful | a gorgeous Victorian gown |
| precious | 12 | obviously contrived to charm | an insufferably precious performance |
| fabulous | 13 | extremely pleasing | a fabulous vacation |
| generous | 9 | more than is usual or necessary | a generous portion |
| previous | 13 | just preceding something else in time or order | the previous owner |
| enormous | 10 | extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree | an enormous boulder |
| trousers | 8 | (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately | he had a sharp crease in his trousers |
| glorious | 9 | having great beauty and splendor | a glorious spring morning |
| jealousy | 18 | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) | - |
| gracious | 11 | characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects | - |
| numerous | 10 | amounting to a large indefinite number | numerous times |
| cautious | 10 | people who are fearful and cautious | - |
| virtuous | 11 | in a state of sexual virginity | - |
| infamous | 13 | known widely and usually unfavorably | the infamous Benedict Arnold |
| nauseous | 8 | causing or able to cause nausea | nauseous offal |
| spacious | 12 | (of buildings and rooms) having ample space | a spacious ballroom |
| madhouse | 14 | pejorative terms for an insane asylum | - |
| wondrous | 12 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| acoustic | 12 | of or relating to the science of acoustics | acoustic properties of a hall |
| couscous | 12 | a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina | - |
| nuthouse | 11 | pejorative terms for an insane asylum | - |
| luscious | 10 | having strong sexual appeal | - |
| outhouse | 11 | a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate | - |
| humorous | 13 | full of or characterized by humor | humorous stories |
| grievous | 12 | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | a grievous fault |
| doghouse | 13 | outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | - |
| venomous | 13 | marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | venomous criticism |
| carousel | 10 | a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement | - |
| vigorous | 12 | characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity | a vigorous hiker |
| rigorous | 9 | rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard | rigorous application of the law |
| luminous | 10 | softly bright or radiant | a sky luminous with stars |
| perilous | 10 | fraught with danger | a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat |
| rousseau | 8 | French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778) | - |
| arousing | 9 | - | - |
| famously | 16 | extremely well | we got along famously |
| teahouse | 11 | a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | - |
| sensuous | 8 | taking delight in beauty | the sensuous joy from all things fair |
| ravenous | 11 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | ravenous as wolves |
| houseman | 13 | an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) | - |
| desirous | 9 | having or expressing desire for something | desirous of high office |
| henhouse | 14 | a farm building for housing poultry | - |
| lustrous | 8 | reflecting light | lustrous auburn hair |
| studious | 9 | characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading | a quiet studious child |
| houseful | 14 | as many as a house will accommodate | they entertained a houseful of guests |
| hothouse | 14 | a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | - |
| specious | 12 | plausible but false | a specious claim |
| mutinous | 10 | consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny | mutinous acts |
| joyously | 21 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
| spurious | 10 | plausible but false | spurious inferences |
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9 letter words
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| dangerous | 11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | a dangerous criminal |
| seriously | 12 | in a serious manner | a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce |
| obviously | 17 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | the answer is obviously wrong |
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
| warehouse | 15 | a storehouse for goods and merchandise | - |
| conscious | 13 | intentionally conceived | a conscious effort to speak more slowly |
| anonymous | 14 | having no known name or identity or known source | anonymous authors |
| marvelous | 14 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| household | 16 | a social unit living together | It was a good Christian household |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| moustache | 16 | an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | - |
| righteous | 13 | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice | the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much |
| ambitious | 13 | requiring full use of your abilities or resources | ambitious schedule |
| poisonous | 11 | having the qualities or effects of a poison | - |
| housewife | 18 | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | - |
| notorious | 9 | known widely and usually unfavorably | a notorious gangster |
| penthouse | 14 | an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
| glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
| ferocious | 14 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a ferocious beating |
| monstrous | 11 | shockingly brutal or cruel | no excess was too monstrous for them to commit |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| nervously | 15 | in an anxiously nervous manner | we watched the stock market nervously |
| ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
| obnoxious | 18 | causing disapproval or protest | - |
| clubhouse | 16 | a building that is occupied by a social club | the clubhouse needed a new roof |
| unanimous | 11 | in complete agreement | a unanimous decision |
| murderous | 12 | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being | murderous thugs |
| malicious | 13 | having the nature of or resulting from malice | malicious gossip |
| farmhouse | 17 | house for a farmer and family | - |
| limousine | 11 | large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur | - |
| housework | 19 | the work of cleaning and running a house | - |
| ludicrous | 12 | broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | ludicrous green hair |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| frivolous | 15 | not serious in content or attitude or behavior | a frivolous novel |
| ambiguous | 14 | open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead | the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates |
| atrocious | 11 | provoking horror | an atrocious automobile accident |
| anxiously | 19 | with anxiety or apprehension | we watched anxiously |
| firehouse | 15 | a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | - |
| tenacious | 11 | sticking together | tenacious burrs |
| nefarious | 12 | extremely wicked | nefarious schemes |
| playhouse | 17 | plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of | - |
| jailhouse | 19 | a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | - |
| bathhouse | 17 | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers | - |
| housemaid | 15 | a female domestic | - |
| momentous | 13 | of very great significance | a momentous event |
| curiously | 14 | with curiosity | the baby looked around curiously |
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10 letter words
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| ridiculous | 13 | inspiring scornful pity | - |
| mysterious | 15 | of an obscure nature | the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms |
| suspicious | 14 | not as expected | suspicious behavior |
| tremendous | 13 | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact | - |
| previously | 18 | at an earlier time or formerly | she had previously lived in Chicago |
| outrageous | 11 | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | spends an outrageous amount on entertainment |
| marvellous | 15 | too improbable to admit of belief | - |
| courageous | 13 | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching | a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain |
| contagious | 13 | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection | - |
| rendezvous | 23 | a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex | - |
| auspicious | 14 | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck | an auspicious beginning for the campaign |
| greenhouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| continuous | 12 | continuing in time or space without interruption | a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light |
| courthouse | 15 | a building that houses judicial courts | - |
| lighthouse | 17 | a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships | - |
| miraculous | 14 | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention | - |
| victorious | 15 | experiencing triumph | - |
| indigenous | 12 | originating where it is found | the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan |
| disastrous | 11 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign |
| prosperous | 14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | a prosperous family |
| enormously | 15 | extremely | he was enormously popular |
| infectious | 15 | caused by infection or capable of causing infection | - |
| rebellious | 12 | discontented as toward authority | - |
| whorehouse | 19 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| horrendous | 14 | causing fear or dread or terror | horrendous explosions shook the city |
| nutritious | 10 | of or providing nourishment | - |
| scandalous | 13 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | scandalous behavior |
| meticulous | 14 | marked by precise accordance with details | meticulous research |
| guesthouse | 14 | a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
| generously | 14 | in a generous manner | - |
| fictitious | 15 | adopted in order to deceive | a fictitious address |
| monogamous | 15 | (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate | monogamous marriage |
| capricious | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | a capricious refusal |
| warehouses | 16 | - | - |
| stupendous | 13 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | a stupendous field of grass |
| vigorously | 17 | with vigor; in a vigorous manner | he defended his ideas vigorously |
| precarious | 14 | not secure; beset with difficulties | - |
| voluptuous | 15 | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | - |
| graciously | 16 | in a gracious or graceful manner | he did not have a chance to grow up graciously |
| harmonious | 15 | exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | - |
| autonomous | 12 | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | an autonomous judiciary |
| incestuous | 12 | resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
| thunderous | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| thousandth | 17 | one part in a thousand equal parts | - |
| monotonous | 12 | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | nothing is so monotonous as the sea |
| synonymous | 18 | (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
| powerhouse | 18 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| steakhouse | 17 | a restaurant that specializes in steaks | - |
| cautiously | 15 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | she ventured cautiously downstairs |
| ubiquitous | 21 | being present everywhere at once | - |
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