7-letter words ending with OUS
Dive into the specific realm of 7-letter words that conclude with the letter OUS. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with OUS, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| raucous | 9 | disturbing the public peace; loud and rough | a raucous party |
| tenuous | 7 | lacking substance or significance | a tenuous argument |
| zealous | 16 | marked by active interest and enthusiasm | - |
| 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 |
| viscous | 12 | having a relatively high resistance to flow | - |
| piteous | 9 | deserving or inciting pity | piteous appeals for help |
| onerous | 7 | not easily borne; wearing | my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests |
| igneous | 8 | produced under conditions involving intense heat | igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma |
| copious | 11 | affording an abundant supply | copious provisions |
| riotous | 7 | characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination | riotous times |
| impious | 11 | lacking due respect or dutifulness | impious toward one's parents |
| fatuous | 10 | extremely silly or stupid | - |
| bulbous | 11 | curving outward | - |
| bilious | 9 | suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress | - |
| sinuous | 7 | curved or curving in and out | - |
| fibrous | 12 | (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | - |
| leprous | 9 | relating to or resembling or having leprosy | - |
| ferrous | 10 | of or relating to or containing iron | - |
| aqueous | 16 | produced by the action of water | - |
| burnous | 9 | a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | - |
| carious | 9 | (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay | - |
| parlous | 9 | fraught with danger | a parlous journey on stormy seas |
| estrous | 7 | (of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat | the estrous state |
| sarcous | 9 | - | - |
| sanious | 7 | of or resembling or characterized by ichor or sanies | the sanious discharge from an ulcer |
| simious | 9 | - | - |
| soukous | 11 | - | - |
| spinous | 9 | having spines | the dorsal fin is spinous |
| spumous | 11 | - | - |
| succous | 11 | - | - |
| talcous | 9 | - | - |
| rhodous | 11 | - | - |
| roucous | 9 | - | - |
| rubious | 9 | - | - |
| routous | 7 | - | - |
| timeous | 9 | - | - |
| usurous | 7 | - | - |
| uranous | 7 | - | - |
| urinous | 7 | - | - |
| valgous | 11 | - | - |
| viduous | 11 | - | - |
| villous | 10 | - | - |
| veinous | 10 | - | - |
| voudous | 11 | - | - |
| uberous | 9 | - | - |
| typhous | 15 | - | - |
| umbrous | 11 | - | - |
| zincous | 18 | - | - |
| orihous | 10 | - | - |
| tauhous | 10 | - | - |
| vitious | 10 | - | - |
| apodous | 10 | (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | - |
| arenous | 7 | - | - |
| azotous | 16 | - | - |
| azygous | 20 | occurring singly; not one of a pair | the azygous muscle of the uvula |
| azymous | 21 | - | - |
| atheous | 10 | - | - |
| atokous | 11 | - | - |
| badious | 10 | - | - |
| binious | 9 | - | - |
| bivious | 12 | - | - |
| boubous | 11 | - | - |
| brumous | 11 | filled or abounding with fog or mist | a brumous October morning |
| cachous | 14 | - | - |
| bullous | 9 | - | - |
| cereous | 9 | - | - |
| cesious | 9 | - | - |
| caseous | 9 | of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike | - |
| amadous | 10 | - | - |
| anurous | 7 | not having a tail | anurous toads and frogs |
| folious | 10 | - | - |
| fungous | 11 | of or relating to fungi | - |
| fulvous | 13 | - | - |
| fuscous | 12 | of something having a dusky brownish grey color | - |
| gallous | 8 | alternative terms for gallows | - |
| glebous | 10 | - | - |
| gealous | 8 | - | - |
| gibbous | 12 | (used of the moon) more than half full | - |
| globous | 10 | - | - |
| grumous | 10 | transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass | grumous blood |
| gummous | 12 | - | - |
| herbous | 12 | - | - |
| hydrous | 14 | containing combined water (especially water of crystallization as in a hydrate) | - |
| houmous | 12 | - | - |
| hugeous | 11 | - | - |
| invious | 10 | - | - |
| featous | 10 | - | - |
| limbous | 11 | - | - |
| lentous | 7 | - | - |
| luteous | 7 | - | - |
| mevrous | 12 | - | - |
| nacrous | 9 | - | - |
| nimious | 9 | - | - |
| niobous | 9 | - | - |
| niveous | 10 | - | - |
| nocuous | 9 | - | - |
| ochrous | 12 | - | - |
| pappous | 13 | - | - |
| ozonous | 16 | - | - |
| petrous | 9 | (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness | - |
| perlous | 9 | - | - |
| pistous | 9 | - | - |
| piceous | 11 | - | - |
| pileous | 9 | - | - |
| plumous | 11 | - | - |
| portous | 9 | - | - |
| pulpous | 11 | - | - |
| rameous | 9 | - | - |
| opacous | 11 | - | - |
| osmious | 9 | - | - |
| odorous | 8 | emitting an odor | odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack |
| onymous | 12 | bearing a name | articles in magazines are usually onymous |
| osseous | 7 | composed of or containing bone | osseous tissue |
| corious | 9 | - | - |
| cormous | 11 | having or producing corms | - |
| congous | 10 | - | - |
| coypous | 14 | - | - |
| cuprous | 11 | of or containing divalent copper | - |
| duteous | 8 | willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect | Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife |
| emulous | 9 | eager to surpass others | - |
| cirrous | 9 | - | - |
| citrous | 9 | of or relating to plants of the genus Citrus | a citrous disease |
| chymous | 17 | - | - |
| chylous | 15 | consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle | - |
| coccous | 13 | - | - |
| acajous | 16 | - | - |
| aeneous | 7 | - | - |
| adipous | 10 | - | - |
| agamous | 10 | (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | - |
| acerous | 9 | - | - |
| acetous | 9 | tasting or smelling like vinegar | - |
| acinous | 9 | pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland) | - |
