10-letter words containing OUS
Embark on an exploration of 10-letter words that contain the letter OUS. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate OUS within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| prosperous | 14 | in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | a prosperous family |
| disastrous | 11 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign |
| infectious | 15 | caused by infection or capable of causing infection | - |
| enormously | 15 | extremely | he was enormously popular |
| whorehouse | 19 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| rebellious | 12 | discontented as toward authority | - |
| 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 | - |
| monogamous | 15 | (used of relationships and of individuals) having one mate | monogamous marriage |
| fictitious | 15 | adopted in order to deceive | a fictitious address |
| capricious | 16 | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | a capricious refusal |
| warehouses | 16 | - | - |
| vigorously | 17 | with vigor; in a vigorous manner | he defended his ideas vigorously |
| stupendous | 13 | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe | a stupendous field of grass |
| 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 |
| autonomous | 12 | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | an autonomous judiciary |
| harmonious | 15 | exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities | - |
| incestuous | 12 | resembling incest as by excessive intimacy | - |
| thousandth | 17 | one part in a thousand equal parts | - |
| thunderous | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| monotonous | 12 | tediously repetitious or lacking in variety | nothing is so monotonous as the sea |
| powerhouse | 18 | a highly energetic and indefatigable person | - |
| synonymous | 18 | (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
| 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 | - |
| chivalrous | 18 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
| cretaceous | 14 | from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants | - |
| gratuitous | 11 | unnecessary and unwarranted | - |
| lascivious | 15 | driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | - |
| precocious | 16 | appearing or developing early | precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnolias |
| storehouse | 13 | a depository for goods | storehouses were built close to the docks |
| fabulously | 18 | exceedingly; extremely | she plays fabulously well |
| impervious | 17 | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected | a material impervious to water |
| fortuitous | 13 | having no cause or apparent cause | fortuitous encounters--strange accidents of fortune |
| adulterous | 11 | characterized by adultery | an adulterous relationship |
| traitorous | 10 | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | a lying traitorous insurrectionist |
| amphibious | 19 | relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia | - |
| pernicious | 14 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | - |
| posthumous | 17 | occurring or coming into existence after a person's death | a posthumous award |
| prodigious | 14 | far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree | the young Mozart's prodigious talents |
| gloriously | 14 | with glory or in a glorious manner | where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded |
| scrupulous | 14 | characterized by extreme care and great effort | scrupulous attention to details |
| boisterous | 12 | violently agitated and turbulent | boisterous winds and waves |
| villainous | 13 | extremely wicked | a villainous plot |
| roundhouse | 14 | a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing | - |
| contiguous | 13 | having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho |
| treasonous | 10 | having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor | - |
| rigorously | 14 | in a rigorous manner | he had been trained rigorously by the monks |
| jealousies | 17 | - | - |
| gluttonous | 11 | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink | over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands |
| tumultuous | 12 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | the tumultuous years of his administration |
| fastidious | 14 | having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures | fastidious microorganisms |
| blockhouse | 21 | a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire | - |
| smokehouse | 19 | a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish | - |
| perfidious | 16 | tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans | the perfidious Judas |
| slanderous | 11 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| guardhouse | 15 | a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained | - |
| wheelhouse | 19 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| obsequious | 21 | attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery | - |
| gregarious | 12 | instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others | he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude |
| gelatinous | 11 | thick like gelatin | - |
| ungenerous | 11 | lacking in magnanimity | it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note |
| avaricious | 15 | immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | they are avaricious and will do anything for money |
| houseguest | 14 | a guest entertained in your house | - |
| iniquitous | 19 | characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | iniquitous deeds |
| licentious | 12 | lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained | coarse and licentious men |
| solicitous | 12 | full of anxiety and concern | solicitous parents |
| wondrously | 17 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | the colors changed wondrously slowly |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| perilously | 15 | in a dangerous manner | - |
| salubrious | 12 | promoting health; healthful | the salubrious mountain air and water |
| extraneous | 17 | not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | water free of extraneous matter |
| calamitous | 14 | (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | a calamitous defeat |
| glamourous | 13 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | - |
| penthouses | 15 | - | - |
| sulphurous | 15 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | - |
| curvaceous | 17 | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves | Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes |
| housebound | 16 | confined usually by illness | - |
| indecorous | 13 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | indecorous behavior |
| mousseline | 12 | - | - |
| fallacious | 15 | intended to deceive | fallacious testimony |
| herbaceous | 17 | characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part | - |
| ungracious | 13 | lacking social graces | - |
| acoustical | 14 | of or relating to the science of acoustics | - |
| houseplant | 15 | any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | - |
| homogenous | 16 | all of the same or similar kind or nature | - |
| housebreak | 19 | train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house | - |
| libidinous | 13 | driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires | libidinous orgies |
| vociferous | 18 | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | a vociferous mob |
| pugnacious | 15 | ready and able to resort to force or violence | pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance |
| statehouse | 13 | a government building in which a state legislature meets | - |
| loquacious | 21 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| euphonious | 15 | having a pleasant sound | a euphonious trill of silver laughter |
| farmhouses | 18 | - | - |
| cadaverous | 16 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | - |
| circuitous | 14 | marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | the explanation was circuitous and puzzling |
| housewares | 16 | - | - |
| infamously | 18 | - | - |
| languorous | 11 | lacking spirit or liveliness | a hot languorous afternoon |
| uproarious | 12 | uncontrollably noisy | - |
| polygamous | 18 | having several forms of gametoecia on the same plant | - |
| scurrilous | 12 | expressing offensive reproach | - |
| mendacious | 15 | given to lying | a mendacious child |
| misogynous | 16 | hating women in particular | - |
| dollhouses | 14 | - | - |
| factitious | 15 | not produced by natural forces | brokers created a factitious demand for stocks |
| bathhouses | 18 | - | - |
| incautious | 12 | carelessly failing to exercise proper caution | an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs |
| leguminous | 13 | relating to or consisting of legumes | - |
| glasshouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| gorgeously | 15 | in an impressively beautiful manner | the Princess was gorgeously dressed |
| voluminous | 15 | marked by repeated turns and bends | - |
| portentous | 12 | ominously prophetic | - |
| preciously | 17 | extremely | - |
| ravenously | 16 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | - |
| sensuously | 13 | with aesthetic gratification or delight | sensuously delighting in the wine and food |
| spirituous | 12 | containing or of the nature of alcohol | spirituous liquors |
| studiously | 14 | in a studious manner | she examined the data studiously |
| roughhouse | 17 | engage in rough or disorderly play | - |
| felicitous | 15 | marked by good fortune | a felicitous life |
| clubhouses | 17 | - | - |
| coniferous | 15 | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves | - |
| autologous | 11 | derived from organisms of the selfsame individual | autologous blood donation |
| innumerous | 12 | too numerous to be counted | - |
| inglorious | 11 | (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame | inglorious defeat |
| sedulously | 14 | in a sedulous manner | this illusion has been sedulously fostered |
| robustious | 12 | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | a robustious group of teenagers |
| nonserious | 10 | - | - |
| flophouses | 18 | - | - |
| gangrenous | 12 | suffering from tissue death | - |
| diaphanous | 16 | so thin as to transmit light | a hat with a diaphanous veil |
| desirously | 14 | - | - |
| housecarle | 15 | - | - |
| arousingly | 14 | - | - |
| floathouse | 16 | - | - |
| rancourous | 12 | - | - |
| housetrain | 13 | - | - |
| carousings | 13 | - | - |
| brewhouses | 18 | - | - |
| autonymous | 15 | - | - |
| houselings | 14 | - | - |
| housewraps | 18 | - | - |
| grapelouse | 13 | - | - |
| mousselike | 16 | - | - |
| oogamously | 16 | - | - |
| jealousest | 17 | - | - |
| indextrous | 18 | - | - |
| larvaceous | 15 | - | - |
| libelously | 15 | - | - |
| shithouses | 16 | - | - |
| pumphouses | 19 | - | - |
| poutassous | 12 | - | - |
| shophouses | 18 | - | - |
| sulfureous | 13 | - | - |
| cancellous | 14 | having an open or latticed or porous structure | - |
| canorously | 15 | - | - |
| calcareous | 14 | composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | - |
| byssaceous | 17 | - | - |
| cactaceous | 16 | - | - |
| cacuminous | 16 | - | - |
| callousing | 13 | - | - |
| calumnious | 14 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| caliginous | 13 | dark and misty and gloomy | - |
| catarrhous | 15 | - | - |
| captiously | 17 | in a captious, carping manner | he was captiously pedantic |
| carrousels | 12 | - | - |
| charthouse | 18 | - | - |
| censorious | 12 | harshly critical or expressing censure | was censorious of petty failings |
| ceriferous | 15 | - | - |
| ceruminous | 14 | relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
| chophouses | 20 | - | - |
| chylaceous | 20 | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | - |
| chunderous | 16 | - | - |
| coccineous | 16 | - | - |
| coalhouses | 15 | - | - |
| clangorous | 13 | having a loud resonant metallic sound | the clangorous locomotive works |
| cistaceous | 14 | - | - |
| colostrous | 12 | - | - |
| commodious | 17 | large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense) | a commodious harbor |
| coetaneous | 12 | of the same period | - |
| coldhouses | 16 | - | - |
| cohousings | 16 | - | - |
| concinnous | 14 | - | - |
| cookhouses | 19 | - | - |
| coolhouses | 15 | - | - |
| cornaceous | 14 | - | - |
| coriaceous | 14 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
| corfhouses | 18 | - | - |
| cousinages | 13 | - | - |
| cousinhood | 16 | - | - |
| cousinries | 12 | - | - |
| cousinship | 17 | - | - |
| covetously | 18 | in a greedy manner | - |
| creepmouse | 16 | - | - |
| couscousou | 14 | - | - |
| couscouses | 14 | - | - |
| curvacious | 17 | - | - |
| curiousest | 12 | - | - |
| cumbrously | 19 | - | - |
| cupidinous | 15 | - | - |
| cymiferous | 20 | - | - |
| cynopodous | 18 | - | - |
| croustades | 13 | - | - |
| deceptious | 15 | - | - |
| deckhouses | 20 | - | - |
| decagynous | 17 | - | - |
| decamerous | 15 | - | - |
| decapodous | 16 | - | - |
| decandrous | 14 | - | - |
| decorously | 16 | in a proper and decorous manner | he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously |
| deadhouses | 15 | - | - |
| degenerous | 12 | - | - |
| bousingken | 17 | - | - |
| blusterous | 12 | blowing in violent and abrupt bursts | blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia |
| boathouses | 15 | - | - |
| bunkhouses | 19 | - | - |
| autotomous | 12 | - | - |
| automatous | 12 | - | - |
| autogamous | 13 | characterized by or fit for autogamy | - |
| autogenous | 11 | originating within the body | - |
| autoecious | 12 | of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host | autoecious rust fungi |
| babiroussa | 14 | Indonesian wild pig with enormous curved canine teeth | - |
| avenaceous | 15 | - | - |
| auriferous | 13 | containing gold | auriferous quartz veins |
| barretrous | 12 | - | - |
| barratrous | 12 | - | - |
| backhouses | 21 | - | - |
| bakehouses | 19 | - | - |
| aposporous | 14 | - | - |
| antonymous | 15 | of words: having opposite meanings | - |
| apocarpous | 16 | (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses | - |
| apotropous | 14 | - | - |
| antilogous | 11 | - | - |
| antimonous | 12 | - | - |
| astomatous | 12 | having no mouth or mouthlike opening | - |
| aquiferous | 22 | of or relating to an aquifer | - |
| arenaceous | 12 | resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas | arenaceous limestone |
| armigerous | 13 | - | - |
| bespousing | 15 | - | - |
| beadhouses | 16 | - | - |
| battailous | 12 | - | - |
| bawdyhouse | 22 | a building where prostitutes are available | - |
| bedehouses | 16 | - | - |
| bismuthous | 17 | - | - |
| bituminous | 14 | resembling or containing bitumen | bituminous coal |
| bipetalous | 14 | - | - |
| birdhouses | 16 | - | - |
| bibulously | 17 | - | - |
| bigamously | 18 | - | - |
| alliaceous | 12 | of or pertaining to the botanical genus Allium | onions, leeks, garlic, chives are alliaceous plants |
| allomerous | 12 | pertaining to allomerism | - |
| allonymous | 15 | - | - |
| allogamous | 13 | relating to cross-fertilization in plants | - |
| amatorious | 12 | - | - |
| almshouses | 15 | - | - |
| albuminous | 14 | relating to or containing or resembling albumin | - |
| alacritous | 12 | quick and eager | an alacritous response to the invitation |
| anarthrous | 13 | - | - |
| anasarcous | 12 | characterized by or affected by dropsy | - |
| ancipitous | 14 | - | - |
| anatropous | 12 | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk | - |
| anoestrous | 10 | of or relating to anestrus | - |
| anonaceous | 12 | - | - |
| anacoustic | 14 | - | - |
| anadromous | 13 | migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn | - |
| amylaceous | 17 | resembling starch | - |
| acarpelous | 14 | having no carpels | - |
| acanaceous | 14 | - | - |
| abstemious | 14 | marked by temperance in indulgence | abstemious with the use of adverbs |
| acephalous | 17 | lacking a head or a clearly defined head | acephalous worms |
| aceraceous | 14 | - | - |
| abdominous | 15 | having a large belly | - |
| aeruginous | 11 | - | - |
| acrogenous | 13 | pertaining to flowerless plants (ferns or mosses) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem | - |
| acronymous | 17 | characterized by the use of acronyms | - |
| acinaceous | 14 | - | - |
| adactylous | 16 | without fingers and/or toes | - |
| halogenous | 14 | - | - |
| grouselike | 15 | - | - |
| grindhouse | 15 | - | - |
| gynandrous | 15 | - | - |
| hemizygous | 28 | - | - |
| hellacious | 15 | - | - |
| hirudinous | 14 | - | - |
| hexamerous | 22 | - | - |
| hexandrous | 21 | - | - |
| hexagynous | 24 | - | - |
| humicolous | 17 | - | - |
| humorously | 18 | in a humorous manner | Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral |
| houseleeks | 17 | - | - |
| houstonias | 13 | - | - |
| houseworks | 20 | - | - |
| housewives | 19 | - | - |
| houselines | 13 | - | - |
| houselling | 14 | - | - |
| housemaids | 16 | - | - |
| housemates | 15 | - | - |
| houserooms | 15 | - | - |
| housewifey | 22 | - | - |
| housekeeps | 19 | - | - |
| homotonous | 15 | - | - |
| homousians | 15 | - | - |
| homozygous | 28 | having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci | these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color |
| homogonous | 16 | - | - |
| homogamous | 18 | - | - |
| homologous | 16 | having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function | the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous |
| homonymous | 20 | of or related to or being homonyms | - |
| homoousian | 15 | - | - |
| housecarls | 15 | - | - |
| houseclean | 15 | clean and tidy up the house | She housecleans every week |
| housecoats | 15 | - | - |
| housecraft | 18 | skill in domestic management | - |
| housedress | 14 | - | - |
| houseflies | 16 | - | - |
| housefront | 16 | - | - |
| housebroke | 19 | - | - |
| hothousing | 17 | - | - |
| houseboats | 15 | - | - |
| households | 17 | - | - |
| idolatrous | 11 | blindly or excessively devoted or adoring | - |
| immeritous | 14 | - | - |
| hylotomous | 18 | - | - |
| hypogaeous | 19 | - | - |
| hypogenous | 19 | - | - |
| hypogynous | 22 | - | - |
| implexuous | 21 | - | - |
| impostrous | 14 | - | - |
| insensuous | 10 | - | - |
| insomnious | 12 | - | - |
| jailhouses | 20 | - | - |
| isotropous | 12 | invariant with respect to direction | - |
| jaspideous | 20 | - | - |
| jeopardous | 20 | - | - |
| jealousing | 18 | - | - |
| iridaceous | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae | - |
| isopterous | 12 | - | - |
| isosporous | 12 | - | - |
| isochroous | 15 | - | - |
| kumarahous | 19 | - | - |
| kouskouses | 18 | - | - |
| juncaceous | 21 | - | - |
| joyousness | 20 | the emotion of great happiness | - |
| keratinous | 14 | - | - |
| lauraceous | 12 | - | - |
| lardaceous | 13 | - | - |
| langoustes | 11 | - | - |
| laniferous | 13 | - | - |
| lanigerous | 11 | - | - |
| lanuginous | 11 | - | - |
| limousines | 12 | - | - |
| lipomatous | 14 | - | - |
| lobscouses | 14 | - | - |
| lockhouses | 19 | - | - |
| limivorous | 15 | - | - |
| limicolous | 14 | - | - |
| liliaceous | 12 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Liliaceae | - |
| glandulous | 12 | - | - |
| glanderous | 12 | - | - |
| glumaceous | 15 | - | - |
| gliomatous | 13 | - | - |
| glaucously | 16 | - | - |
| gealousies | 11 | - | - |
| gemmaceous | 17 | - | - |
| geophagous | 17 | - | - |
| geophilous | 16 | - | - |
| grievously | 17 | in a grievous manner | the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival |
| goloptious | 13 | - | - |
| goluptious | 13 | - | - |
| graciouses | 13 | - | - |
| gramineous | 13 | - | - |
| townhouses | 16 | - | - |
| tortiously | 13 | - | - |
| tortuously | 13 | - | - |
| timorously | 15 | in a timorous and trepid manner | - |
| tophaceous | 17 | - | - |
| tollhouses | 13 | - | - |
| toolhouses | 13 | - | - |
| trifarious | 13 | - | - |
| trichinous | 15 | - | - |
| tricrotous | 12 | - | - |
| triticeous | 12 | - | - |
| trioecious | 12 | - | - |
| tripterous | 12 | - | - |
| triandrous | 11 | - | - |
| treehouses | 13 | - | - |
| temerously | 15 | - | - |
| tenebrious | 12 | dark and gloomy | - |
| tendrilous | 11 | - | - |
| tartareous | 10 | - | - |
| tarboushes | 15 | - | - |
| tediousome | 13 | - | - |
| telegonous | 11 | - | - |
| tiliaceous | 12 | - | - |
| testaceous | 12 | relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | testaceous fish |
| theonomous | 15 | - | - |
| uniflorous | 13 | - | - |
| unhouseled | 14 | - | - |
| unhumorous | 15 | lacking humor | - |
| undesirous | 11 | having or feeling no desire | a very private man, totally undesirous of public office |
| unperilous | 12 | - | - |
| unpopulous | 14 | - | - |
| uxoriously | 20 | in a loving and uxorious manner | he kept deferring uxoriously to Mary |
| valorously | 16 | with valor; in a valiant manner | - |
| usuriously | 13 | to an exorbitant degree | - |
| unvirtuous | 13 | - | - |
| veridicous | 16 | - | - |
| violaceous | 15 | - | - |
| viniferous | 16 | - | - |
| vaporously | 18 | - | - |
| venomously | 18 | in a very malevolent manner | - |
| venousness | 13 | - | - |
| veneficous | 18 | - | - |
| ventricous | 15 | having a swelling on one side | - |
| velutinous | 13 | - | - |
| washhouses | 19 | - | - |
| warehoused | 17 | - | - |
| warehouser | 16 | a workman who manages or works in a warehouse | - |
| voussoired | 14 | - | - |
| vitreously | 16 | - | - |
| viticolous | 15 | - | - |
| vitiferous | 16 | - | - |
| vitreouses | 13 | - | - |
| viperously | 18 | - | - |
| viraginous | 14 | - | - |
| virtuously | 16 | in a chaste and virtuous manner | - |
| voraginous | 14 | - | - |
| viviparous | 18 | producing living young (not eggs) | - |
| wellhouses | 16 | - | - |
| ulcerously | 15 | - | - |
| typhaceous | 20 | - | - |
| ultroneous | 10 | - | - |
| umbrageous | 15 | angered at something unjust or wrong | umbrageous at the loss of their territory |
| tubulously | 15 | - | - |
| tuffaceous | 18 | - | - |
| tubicolous | 14 | - | - |
| trousering | 11 | any fabric used to make trousers | - |
| trousseaus | 10 | - | - |
| trousseaux | 17 | - | - |
| unctuously | 15 | in an unctuous manner | - |
| xylogenous | 21 | - | - |
| xylotomous | 22 | - | - |
| zoophagous | 25 | (of animals) carnivorous | - |
| zoolatrous | 19 | - | - |
| zoophilous | 24 | - | - |
| zoophobous | 26 | - | - |
| zoosporous | 21 | - | - |
| zoochorous | 24 | - | - |
| woodhouses | 17 | - | - |
| workhouses | 20 | - | - |
| woodgrouse | 15 | - | - |
| wrongously | 17 | - | - |
| xenogamous | 20 | - | - |
| xenogenous | 18 | - | - |
| petroleous | 12 | - | - |
| perviously | 18 | - | - |
| pesthouses | 15 | - | - |
| pilothouse | 15 | an enclosed compartment from which a vessel can be navigated | - |
| piliferous | 15 | - | - |
| polymerous | 17 | - | - |
| polytocous | 17 | - | - |
| polypodous | 18 | - | - |
| polysemous | 17 | of words; having many meanings | - |
| polygenous | 16 | - | - |
| polygynous | 19 | having more than one wife at a time | - |
| playhouses | 18 | - | - |
| plunderous | 13 | - | - |
| pousowdies | 16 | - | - |
| poussetted | 13 | - | - |
| poussettes | 12 | - | - |
| populously | 17 | - | - |
| poriferous | 15 | full of pores or vessels or holes | - |
| porousness | 12 | the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids | - |
| porraceous | 14 | - | - |
| porphyrous | 20 | - | - |
| pomiferous | 17 | - | - |
