10-letter words ending with OUS
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| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| continuous | 12 | continuing in time or space without interruption | a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
| thunderous | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| propitious | 14 | presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs of success | propitious omens |
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| indecorous | 13 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | indecorous behavior |
| fallacious | 15 | intended to deceive | fallacious testimony |
| herbaceous | 17 | characteristic of a nonwoody herb or plant part | - |
| ungracious | 13 | lacking social graces | - |
| homogenous | 16 | all of the same or similar kind or nature | - |
| 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 |
| loquacious | 21 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| euphonious | 15 | having a pleasant sound | a euphonious trill of silver laughter |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| factitious | 15 | not produced by natural forces | brokers created a factitious demand for stocks |
| 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 | - |
| voluminous | 15 | marked by repeated turns and bends | - |
| portentous | 12 | ominously prophetic | - |
| spirituous | 12 | containing or of the nature of alcohol | spirituous liquors |
| felicitous | 15 | marked by good fortune | a felicitous life |
| 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 |
| robustious | 12 | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline | a robustious group of teenagers |
| nonserious | 10 | - | - |
| gangrenous | 12 | suffering from tissue death | - |
| diaphanous | 16 | so thin as to transmit light | a hat with a diaphanous veil |
| rancourous | 12 | - | - |
| autonymous | 15 | - | - |
| indextrous | 18 | - | - |
| larvaceous | 15 | - | - |
| poutassous | 12 | - | - |
| sulfureous | 13 | - | - |
| cancellous | 14 | having an open or latticed or porous structure | - |
| calcareous | 14 | composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate or calcite or chalk | - |
| byssaceous | 17 | - | - |
| cactaceous | 16 | - | - |
| cacuminous | 16 | - | - |
| calumnious | 14 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| caliginous | 13 | dark and misty and gloomy | - |
| catarrhous | 15 | - | - |
| censorious | 12 | harshly critical or expressing censure | was censorious of petty failings |
| ceriferous | 15 | - | - |
| ceruminous | 14 | relating to or secreting cerumen | - |
| chylaceous | 20 | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | - |
| chunderous | 16 | - | - |
| coccineous | 16 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| concinnous | 14 | - | - |
| cornaceous | 14 | - | - |
| coriaceous | 14 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
| curvacious | 17 | - | - |
| cupidinous | 15 | - | - |
| cymiferous | 20 | - | - |
| cynopodous | 18 | - | - |
| deceptious | 15 | - | - |
| decagynous | 17 | - | - |
| decamerous | 15 | - | - |
| decapodous | 16 | - | - |
| decandrous | 14 | - | - |
| degenerous | 12 | - | - |
| blusterous | 12 | blowing in violent and abrupt bursts | blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia |
| 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 |
| avenaceous | 15 | - | - |
| auriferous | 13 | containing gold | auriferous quartz veins |
| barretrous | 12 | - | - |
| barratrous | 12 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| battailous | 12 | - | - |
| bismuthous | 17 | - | - |
| bituminous | 14 | resembling or containing bitumen | bituminous coal |
| bipetalous | 14 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| gynandrous | 15 | - | - |
| hemizygous | 28 | - | - |
| hellacious | 15 | - | - |
| hirudinous | 14 | - | - |
| hexamerous | 22 | - | - |
| hexandrous | 21 | - | - |
| hexagynous | 24 | - | - |
| humicolous | 17 | - | - |
| homotonous | 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 | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| isotropous | 12 | invariant with respect to direction | - |
| jaspideous | 20 | - | - |
| jeopardous | 20 | - | - |
| iridaceous | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Iridaceae | - |
| isopterous | 12 | - | - |
| isosporous | 12 | - | - |
| isochroous | 15 | - | - |
| kumarahous | 19 | - | - |
| juncaceous | 21 | - | - |
| keratinous | 14 | - | - |
| lauraceous | 12 | - | - |
| lardaceous | 13 | - | - |
| laniferous | 13 | - | - |
| lanigerous | 11 | - | - |
| lanuginous | 11 | - | - |
| lipomatous | 14 | - | - |
| 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 | - | - |
| gemmaceous | 17 | - | - |
| geophagous | 17 | - | - |
| geophilous | 16 | - | - |
| goloptious | 13 | - | - |
| goluptious | 13 | - | - |
| gramineous | 13 | - | - |
| tophaceous | 17 | - | - |
| trifarious | 13 | - | - |
| trichinous | 15 | - | - |
| tricrotous | 12 | - | - |
| triticeous | 12 | - | - |
| trioecious | 12 | - | - |
| tripterous | 12 | - | - |
| triandrous | 11 | - | - |
| tenebrious | 12 | dark and gloomy | - |
| tendrilous | 11 | - | - |
| tartareous | 10 | - | - |
| telegonous | 11 | - | - |
| tiliaceous | 12 | - | - |
| testaceous | 12 | relating to or possessing a testa or hard shell | testaceous fish |
| theonomous | 15 | - | - |
| uniflorous | 13 | - | - |
| unhumorous | 15 | lacking humor | - |
| undesirous | 11 | having or feeling no desire | a very private man, totally undesirous of public office |
| unperilous | 12 | - | - |
| unpopulous | 14 | - | - |
| unvirtuous | 13 | - | - |
| veridicous | 16 | - | - |
| violaceous | 15 | - | - |
| viniferous | 16 | - | - |
| veneficous | 18 | - | - |
| ventricous | 15 | having a swelling on one side | - |
| velutinous | 13 | - | - |
| viticolous | 15 | - | - |
| vitiferous | 16 | - | - |
| viraginous | 14 | - | - |
| voraginous | 14 | - | - |
| viviparous | 18 | producing living young (not eggs) | - |
| typhaceous | 20 | - | - |
| ultroneous | 10 | - | - |
| umbrageous | 15 | angered at something unjust or wrong | umbrageous at the loss of their territory |
| tuffaceous | 18 | - | - |
| tubicolous | 14 | - | - |
| xylogenous | 21 | - | - |
| xylotomous | 22 | - | - |
| zoophagous | 25 | (of animals) carnivorous | - |
| zoolatrous | 19 | - | - |
| zoophilous | 24 | - | - |
| zoophobous | 26 | - | - |
| zoosporous | 21 | - | - |
| zoochorous | 24 | - | - |
| xenogamous | 20 | - | - |
| xenogenous | 18 | - | - |
| petroleous | 12 | - | - |
| 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 | - |
| plunderous | 13 | - | - |
| poriferous | 15 | full of pores or vessels or holes | - |
| porraceous | 14 | - | - |
| porphyrous | 20 | - | - |
| pomiferous | 17 | - | - |
| pompelmous | 18 | - | - |
| preludious | 13 | - | - |
| predaceous | 15 | hunting and killing other animals for food | - |
| predacious | 15 | hunting and killing other animals for food | - |
| prolixious | 19 | - | - |
| procoelous | 14 | - | - |
| procacious | 16 | - | - |
| pultaceous | 14 | - | - |
| puberulous | 14 | - | - |
| pupigerous | 15 | - | - |
| pupiparous | 16 | - | - |
| proteinous | 12 | - | - |
| quotatious | 19 | - | - |
| pyrogenous | 16 | produced under conditions involving intense heat | - |
| recidivous | 16 | - | - |
| rampacious | 16 | - | - |
| rampageous | 15 | displaying raging violence; often destructive | the hot rampageous horses of my will |
| ranivorous | 13 | - | - |
| reptilious | 12 | - | - |
| paroecious | 14 | - | - |
| paronymous | 17 | - | - |
| perjurious | 19 | - | - |
| perigynous | 16 | - | - |
| periculous | 14 | - | - |
| pellagrous | 13 | - | - |
| pemphigous | 20 | of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus | - |
| pediculous | 15 | - | - |
| penumbrous | 16 | - | - |
| pennaceous | 14 | - | - |
| sarmentous | 12 | - | - |
| saxicavous | 22 | - | - |
| saxicolous | 19 | growing on or living among rocks | - |
| sebiferous | 15 | - | - |
| scrutinous | 12 | - | - |
| scrofulous | 15 | afflicted with scrofula | - |
| setiferous | 13 | - | - |
| setigerous | 11 | - | - |
| serotinous | 10 | - | - |
| sequacious | 21 | - | - |
| sinistrous | 10 | - | - |
| slumberous | 14 | quiet and tranquil | a slumberous June morning |
| soniferous | 13 | - | - |
| spadiceous | 15 | - | - |
| solipedous | 13 | - | - |
| spinaceous | 14 | - | - |
| splendrous | 13 | - | - |
| spondylous | 16 | - | - |
| stertorous | 10 | of breathing having a heavy snoring sound | - |
| stemmatous | 14 | - | - |
| stamineous | 12 | - | - |
| stromatous | 12 | - | - |
| struthious | 13 | - | - |
| stridulous | 11 | - | - |
| subaqueous | 21 | growing or remaining under water | viewing subaqueous fauna from a glass-bottomed boat |
| stomachous | 17 | - | - |
| streperous | 12 | - | - |
| strepitous | 12 | - | - |
| subfuscous | 17 | - | - |
| subspinous | 14 | - | - |
| suspirious | 12 | - | - |
| synoecious | 15 | having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium | - |
| syncarpous | 17 | (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels | - |
| symphilous | 20 | - | - |
| synandrous | 14 | - | - |
| synanthous | 16 | - | - |
| symphylous | 23 | - | - |
| roisterous | 10 | - | - |
| ruthenious | 13 | - | - |
| saliferous | 13 | containing or yielding salt | saliferous formations |
| rotiferous | 13 | - | - |
| rupicolous | 14 | composed of or inscribed on rock | - |
| roysterous | 13 | - | - |
| rubiaceous | 14 | - | - |
| rubiginous | 13 | - | - |
| membranous | 16 | characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane) | membranous gastritis |
| menstruous | 12 | - | - |
| meliaceous | 14 | - | - |
| migrainous | 13 | - | - |
| metestrous | 12 | - | - |
| miasmatous | 14 | - | - |
| misandrous | 13 | - | - |
| monoxylous | 22 | - | - |
| monozygous | 25 | - | - |
| monotocous | 14 | - | - |
| monstruous | 12 | - | - |
| monomerous | 14 | - | - |
| morigerous | 13 | - | - |
| morbillous | 14 | - | - |
| mordacious | 15 | capable of wounding | - |
| molluscous | 14 | - | - |
| mollitious | 12 | - | - |
| moliminous | 14 | - | - |
| monandrous | 13 | having only one husband at a time | - |
| monanthous | 15 | - | - |
| monoecious | 14 | having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal | - |
| monoculous | 14 | - | - |
| monogenous | 13 | - | - |
| monogynous | 16 | having one head or chief wife at a time (along with concubines) | - |
| monestrous | 12 | having one estrous cycle per year | - |
| monocerous | 14 | - | - |
| myxomatous | 24 | - | - |
| myophilous | 20 | - | - |
| myrtaceous | 17 | - | - |
| multivious | 15 | - | - |
| mucedinous | 15 | - | - |
| muciferous | 17 | containing or secreting mucus | - |
| nidicolous | 13 | (of birds) remaining in the nest for a time after hatching | - |
| nidifugous | 15 | (of birds) leaving the nest shortly after hatching | - |
| nectareous | 12 | - | - |
| nonobvious | 15 | - | - |
| nonferrous | 13 | - | - |
| nongaseous | 11 | - | - |
| nonviscous | 15 | - | - |
| nonaqueous | 19 | - | - |
| ochraceous | 17 | - | - |
| octamerous | 14 | - | - |
| octogynous | 16 | - | - |
| octandrous | 13 | - | - |
| oleaginous | 11 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | oleaginous hypocrisy |
| oleiferous | 13 | - | - |
| oleraceous | 12 | - | - |
| octopodous | 15 | - | - |
| oedematous | 13 | - | - |
| nucivorous | 15 | - | - |
| nubiferous | 15 | - | - |
| nubigenous | 13 | - | - |
| nuciferous | 15 | - | - |
| ossiferous | 13 | containing bones (especially fossil bones) | ossiferous caves |
| ossivorous | 13 | - | - |
| ostraceous | 12 | - | - |
| olivaceous | 15 | - | - |
| omniferous | 15 | - | - |
| omnigenous | 13 | - | - |
| omniparous | 14 | - | - |
| omnivorous | 15 | feeding on both plants and animals | - |
| omophagous | 18 | - | - |
| oncogenous | 13 | - | - |
| orchideous | 16 | - | - |
| outdacious | 13 | - | - |
| palladious | 13 | - | - |
| palmaceous | 16 | - | - |
| paludinous | 13 | - | - |
| papaverous | 17 | - | - |
| paleaceous | 14 | - | - |
| lysigenous | 14 | - | - |
| longaevous | 14 | - | - |
| luciferous | 15 | - | - |
| lucifugous | 16 | light-avoiding | - |
| lubricious | 14 | characterized by lust | eluding lubricious embraces |
| lugubrious | 13 | excessively mournful | - |
| marlacious | 14 | - | - |
| malvaceous | 17 | - | - |
| malodorous | 13 | having an unpleasant smell | - |
| dispermous | 15 | - | - |
| dispiteous | 13 | - | - |
| distichous | 16 | - | - |
| disepalous | 13 | - | - |
| dithionous | 14 | - | - |
| eczematous | 23 | - | - |
| edentulous | 11 | having lost teeth | - |
| ectogenous | 13 | - | - |
| drupaceous | 15 | of or related to a drupe | - |
| endogamous | 14 | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe | - |
| endogenous | 12 | derived or originating internally | - |
| ericaceous | 14 | - | - |
| erinaceous | 12 | - | - |
| equanimous | 21 | in full control of your faculties | - |
| ephemerous | 17 | - | - |
| epiphanous | 17 | - | - |
| exceptious | 21 | - | - |
| exophagous | 23 | - | - |
| facinorous | 15 | - | - |
| exosporous | 19 | - | - |
| fibrillous | 15 | - | - |
| fimicolous | 17 | - | - |
| fetiparous | 15 | - | - |
| florideous | 14 | - | - |
| flosculous | 15 | - | - |
| foraminous | 15 | - | - |
| foliaceous | 15 | (especially of metamorphic rock) having thin leaflike layers or strata | - |
| flatterous | 13 | - | - |
| flagitious | 14 | shockingly brutal or cruel | - |
| founderous | 14 | - | - |
| fuliginous | 14 | - | - |
| fucivorous | 18 | - | - |
| fulmineous | 15 | - | - |
| diadromous | 14 | (used of fish) migratory between fresh and salt waters | - |
| despiteous | 13 | - | - |
| diphyllous | 19 | - | - |
| dipetalous | 13 | - | - |
| didynamous | 17 | - | - |
| didelphous | 17 | - | - |
