9-letter words ending with OUS
Dive into the specific realm of 9-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dangerous | 11 | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | a dangerous criminal |
| delicious | 12 | greatly pleasing or entertaining | a delicious joke |
| religious | 10 | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church | religious texts |
| 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 | - |
| hilarious | 12 | marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter | hilarious broad comedy |
| 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 | - |
| notorious | 9 | known widely and usually unfavorably | a notorious gangster |
| glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
| monstrous | 11 | shockingly brutal or cruel | no excess was too monstrous for them to commit |
| ferocious | 14 | marked by extreme and violent energy | a ferocious beating |
| luxurious | 16 | displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses | enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs |
| delirious | 10 | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | a crowd of delirious baseball fans |
| ingenious | 10 | showing inventiveness and skill | an ingenious solution to the problem |
| obnoxious | 18 | causing disapproval or protest | - |
| 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 |
| ludicrous | 12 | broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce | ludicrous green hair |
| oblivious | 14 | failing to keep in mind | oblivious old age |
| hazardous | 22 | involving risk or danger | skydiving is a hazardous sport |
| courteous | 11 | exhibiting courtesy and politeness | - |
| 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 |
| tenacious | 11 | sticking together | tenacious burrs |
| nefarious | 12 | extremely wicked | nefarious schemes |
| momentous | 13 | of very great significance | a momentous event |
| insidious | 10 | working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | glaucoma is an insidious disease |
| erroneous | 9 | containing or characterized by error | erroneous conclusions |
| impetuous | 13 | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | an impetuous display of spending and gambling |
| voracious | 14 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | voracious sharks |
| lecherous | 14 | given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity | a lecherous gleam in his eye |
| melodious | 12 | containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody | the melodious song of a meadowlark |
| humongous | 15 | (used informally) very large | - |
| cancerous | 13 | like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads | remorse was cancerous within him |
| audacious | 12 | invulnerable to fear or intimidation | audacious explorers |
| barbarous | 13 | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | a barbarous crime |
| strenuous | 9 | taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance | a strenuous task |
| sumptuous | 13 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | - |
| laborious | 11 | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort | spent many laborious hours on the project |
| egregious | 11 | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | an egregious lie |
| salacious | 11 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | salacious limericks |
| ginormous | 12 | - | - |
| vivacious | 17 | vigorous and animated | a charming and vivacious hostess |
| torturous | 9 | extremely painful | - |
| innocuous | 11 | not causing disapproval | it was an innocuous remark |
| bodacious | 14 | unrestrained by convention or propriety | the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim |
| anomalous | 11 | deviating from the general or common order or type | advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe |
| glutinous | 10 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| ingenuous | 10 | lacking in sophistication or worldliness | his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it |
| judicious | 19 | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters | judicious use of one's money |
| injurious | 16 | harmful to living things | - |
| deciduous | 13 | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
| erogenous | 10 | sensitive to sexual stimulation | - |
| felonious | 12 | involving or being or having the nature of a crime | felonious intent |
| amorphous | 16 | having no definite form or distinct shape | amorphous clouds of insects |
| rapacious | 13 | devouring or craving food in great quantities | a rapacious appetite |
| facetious | 14 | cleverly amusing in tone | facetious remarks |
| fractious | 14 | stubbornly resistant to authority or control | a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness |
| cavernous | 14 | filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood | - |
| officious | 17 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself |
| imperious | 13 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | - |
| garrulous | 10 | full of trivial conversation | - |
| credulous | 12 | disposed to believe on little evidence | the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous |
| beauteous | 11 | (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight | - |
| analogous | 10 | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | brains and computers are often considered analogous |
| bounteous | 11 | given or giving freely | the bounteous goodness of God |
| pendulous | 12 | having branches or flower heads that bend downward | the pendulous branches of a weeping willow |
| seditious | 10 | in opposition to a civil authority or government | - |
| ponderous | 12 | slow and laborious because of weight | ponderous prehistoric beasts |
| litigious | 10 | inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits | a litigious and acrimonious spirit |
| cretinous | 11 | afflicted with cretinism | - |
| dexterous | 17 | skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands | dexterous of hand and inventive of mind |
| querulous | 18 | habitually complaining | - |
| rapturous | 11 | feeling great rapture or delight | - |
| cutaneous | 11 | relating to or existing on or affecting the skin | cutaneous nerves |
| bumptious | 15 | offensively self-assertive | - |
| sebaceous | 13 | containing an unusual amount of grease or oil | - |
| tremulous | 11 | (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear | spoke timidly in a tremulous voice |
| tyrannous | 12 | marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior | tyrannous disregard of human rights |
| uncurious | 11 | - | - |
| vicarious | 14 | experienced at secondhand | read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement |
| oviparous | 14 | egg-laying | - |
| sorcerous | 11 | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers | - |
| stuporous | 11 | stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) | - |
| veracious | 14 | precisely accurate | a veracious account |
| vexatious | 19 | causing irritation or annoyance | a vexatious child |
| sulfurous | 12 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm |
| rancorous | 11 | showing deep-seated resentment | - |
| invidious | 13 | containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice | invidious comparisons |
| libellous | 11 | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | - |
| criminous | 13 | - | - |
| cellulous | 11 | - | - |
| anhydrous | 16 | without water; especially without water of crystallization | - |
| acuminous | 13 | - | - |
| moraceous | 13 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae | - |
| molybdous | 17 | - | - |
| monoicous | 13 | having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal | - |
| monecious | 13 | having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal | - |
| murmurous | 13 | characterized by soft sounds | a murmurous brook |
| musaceous | 13 | - | - |
| musculous | 13 | - | - |
| myomatous | 16 | - | - |
| nectarous | 11 | extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant | a nectarous drink |
| nefandous | 13 | - | - |
| neotenous | 9 | of or relating to or characterized by neoteny | - |
| naphthous | 17 | - | - |
| nonporous | 11 | not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores | nonporous wood |
| nonparous | 11 | - | - |
| nickelous | 15 | - | - |
| nonvenous | 12 | - | - |
| oosporous | 11 | - | - |
| oraculous | 11 | - | - |
| odiferous | 13 | - | - |
| oleaceous | 11 | of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees or shrubs of the olive family | - |
| orgillous | 10 | - | - |
| oviferous | 15 | - | - |
| ovigerous | 13 | - | - |
| oxygenous | 20 | - | - |
| papillous | 13 | - | - |
| palladous | 12 | - | - |
| panderous | 12 | - | - |
| pectinous | 13 | - | - |
| pecunious | 13 | - | - |
| paroicous | 13 | having male and female reproductive organs separate in a single gametoecium | - |
| parecious | 13 | - | - |
| mercurous | 13 | of or containing mercury | - |
| meandrous | 12 | - | - |
| minacious | 13 | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments | - |
| meteorous | 11 | - | - |
| micaceous | 15 | hydrous silicates of or relating to or resembling mica | - |
| wonderous | 13 | - | - |
| ytterbous | 14 | - | - |
| zoogonous | 19 | - | - |
| zoogenous | 19 | - | - |
| zoogamous | 21 | - | - |
| vulturous | 12 | living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | - |
| vimineous | 14 | - | - |
| vinaceous | 14 | of or relating to wine | - |
| villanous | 12 | - | - |
| vitaceous | 14 | - | - |
| saphenous | 14 | - | - |
| schistous | 14 | - | - |
| scirrhous | 14 | - | - |
| selenious | 9 | - | - |
| semipious | 13 | - | - |
| scybalous | 16 | - | - |
| sericeous | 11 | covered with fine soft hairs or down | - |
| setaceous | 11 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | setaceous whiskers |
| silicious | 11 | relating to or containing or resembling silica | - |
| siliceous | 11 | relating to or containing or resembling silica | gritrock is siliceous sandstone |
| siliquous | 18 | - | - |
| simonious | 11 | - | - |
| slumbrous | 13 | quiet and tranquil | - |
| solacious | 11 | - | - |
| spinulous | 11 | - | - |
| spiritous | 11 | containing or of the nature of alcohol | spiritous beverages |
| spongeous | 12 | - | - |
| spongious | 12 | - | - |
| sphagnous | 15 | - | - |
| stomatous | 11 | relating to or constituting plant stomata | - |
| stenokous | 13 | - | - |
| subdolous | 12 | - | - |
| subereous | 11 | - | - |
| rivalrous | 12 | eager to surpass others | - |
| rutaceous | 11 | - | - |
| rubineous | 11 | - | - |
| rudaceous | 12 | - | - |
| sagacious | 12 | acutely insightful and wise | observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions |
| rosaceous | 11 | of something having a dusty purplish pink color | - |
| syntonous | 12 | - | - |
| synecious | 14 | - | - |
| synoicous | 14 | having male and female reproductive organs mixed in the same gametoecium | - |
| syngamous | 15 | - | - |
| tellurous | 9 | - | - |
| tenebrous | 11 | dark and gloomy | a tenebrous cave |
| tendinous | 10 | consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon | - |
| tartarous | 9 | - | - |
| tantalous | 9 | - | - |
| taxaceous | 18 | - | - |
| theftuous | 15 | - | - |
| theaceous | 14 | - | - |
| tetterous | 9 | - | - |
| thankyous | 19 | - | - |
| thallious | 12 | - | - |
| tomentous | 11 | densely covered with short matted woolly hairs | - |
| torminous | 11 | - | - |
| thundrous | 13 | - | - |
| tremorous | 11 | - | - |
| troublous | 11 | full of trouble | these are troublous times |
| tufaceous | 14 | - | - |
| triecious | 11 | - | - |
| trigynous | 13 | - | - |
| trigonous | 10 | - | - |
| trigamous | 12 | - | - |
| trijugous | 17 | - | - |
| trimerous | 11 | - | - |
| uliginous | 10 | - | - |
| ulmaceous | 13 | - | - |
| unanxious | 16 | - | - |
| tungstous | 10 | - | - |
| unduteous | 10 | - | - |
| unjealous | 16 | - | - |
| uniparous | 11 | producing only one offspring at a time | - |
| uniramous | 11 | - | - |
| unisonous | 9 | - | - |
| unobvious | 14 | not immediately apparent | in mathematical science connections are exhibited which...are extremely unobvious |
| unenvious | 12 | - | - |
| unguinous | 10 | - | - |
| untimeous | 11 | - | - |
| unserious | 9 | - | - |
| uredinous | 10 | - | - |
| urodelous | 10 | - | - |
| urogenous | 10 | - | - |
| uropodous | 12 | - | - |
| vagarious | 13 | - | - |
| unzealous | 18 | - | - |
| verdurous | 13 | - | - |
| verrucous | 14 | - | - |
| verminous | 14 | of the nature of vermin; very offensive or repulsive | - |
| venturous | 12 | disposed to venture or take risks | a venturous spirit |
| variolous | 12 | relating to small pox | - |
| venereous | 12 | - | - |
| succubous | 15 | - | - |
| submucous | 15 | - | - |
| susurrous | 9 | characterized by soft sounds | a slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines |
| platinous | 11 | - | - |
| pinaceous | 13 | - | - |
| podagrous | 13 | - | - |
| plenteous | 11 | affording an abundant supply | a plenteous grape harvest |
| plumbeous | 15 | - | - |
| posticous | 13 | - | - |
| pomaceous | 15 | - | - |
| prescious | 13 | - | - |
| prisonous | 11 | - | - |
| pulverous | 14 | - | - |
| pudendous | 13 | - | - |
| pumiceous | 15 | - | - |
| quartzous | 27 | - | - |
| pustulous | 11 | - | - |
| revelrous | 12 | - | - |
| residuous | 10 | - | - |
| perjurous | 18 | - | - |
| penurious | 11 | not having enough money to pay for necessities | - |
| pesterous | 11 | - | - |
| humungous | 15 | - | - |
| hybridous | 18 | - | - |
| hypogeous | 18 | - | - |
| incurious | 11 | showing absence of intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity | strangely incurious about the cause of the political upheaval surrounding them |
| indubious | 12 | - | - |
| inebrious | 11 | - | - |
| inodorous | 10 | having no odor | - |
| innoxious | 16 | having no adverse effect | - |
| irriguous | 10 | - | - |
| isonomous | 11 | - | - |
| isopodous | 12 | - | - |
| isogamous | 12 | - | - |
| isogenous | 10 | - | - |
| isodomous | 12 | - | - |
| isomerous | 11 | - | - |
| isologous | 10 | - | - |
| kabeljous | 22 | - | - |
| jasperous | 18 | - | - |
| kinkajous | 24 | - | - |
| lapideous | 12 | - | - |
| larcenous | 11 | having a disposition to steal | - |
| limaceous | 13 | - | - |
| lichenous | 14 | - | - |
| leaperous | 11 | - | - |
| leaporous | 11 | - | - |
| leavenous | 12 | - | - |
| longevous | 13 | - | - |
| lixivious | 19 | - | - |
| macrotous | 13 | - | - |
| macrurous | 13 | - | - |
| malarious | 11 | - | - |
| lubricous | 13 | - | - |
| luteolous | 9 | - | - |
| lyomerous | 14 | - | - |
| manganous | 12 | - | - |
| congruous | 12 | corresponding in character or kind | - |
| consonous | 11 | - | - |
| coumarous | 13 | - | - |
| corymbous | 18 | - | - |
| craterous | 11 | - | - |
| crapulous | 13 | suffering from excessive eating or drinking | a crapulous stomach |
| declivous | 15 | - | - |
| dentulous | 10 | - | - |
| deiparous | 12 | - | - |
| dicacious | 14 | - | - |
| diandrous | 11 | - | - |
| dipterous | 12 | of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera | - |
| diestrous | 10 | (of animals that have several estrous cycles in one breeding season) in a period of sexual inactivity | - |
| diclinous | 12 | having pistils and stamens in separate flowers | - |
| dicrotous | 12 | - | - |
| dioecious | 12 | having male and female reproductive organs in separate plants or animals | - |
| dithecous | 15 | - | - |
| dividuous | 14 | - | - |
| eburneous | 11 | - | - |
| edematous | 12 | swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid | - |
| cobaltous | 13 | - | - |
| columbous | 15 | - | - |
| ethereous | 12 | - | - |
| euryokous | 16 | - | - |
| eutropous | 11 | - | - |
| exogamous | 19 | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe | - |
| exogenous | 17 | derived or originating externally | - |
| exsuccous | 20 | - | - |
| fatuitous | 12 | - | - |
| fabaceous | 16 | - | - |
| fagaceous | 15 | - | - |
| filaceous | 14 | - | - |
| feracious | 14 | - | - |
| fervorous | 15 | - | - |
| fibrinous | 14 | characterized by the presence of fibrin | - |
| festivous | 15 | - | - |
| fistulous | 12 | hollow and tube-shaped like a reed | - |
| flavorous | 15 | full of flavor | - |
| fructuous | 14 | - | - |
| froufrous | 15 | - | - |
| fulminous | 14 | - | - |
| furacious | 14 | - | - |
| fulgurous | 13 | amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning | adventures related...in a style both vivid and fulgurous |
| fugacious | 15 | lasting a very short time | fugacious blossoms |
| fulgorous | 13 | - | - |
| furfurous | 15 | - | - |
| glaireous | 10 | - | - |
| gingerous | 11 | - | - |
| globulous | 12 | - | - |
| germanous | 12 | - | - |
| goustrous | 10 | - | - |
| granulous | 10 | - | - |
| glutenous | 10 | - | - |
| gummatous | 14 | - | - |
| gumptious | 14 | working hard to promote an enterprise | - |
| harborous | 14 | - | - |
| enhydrous | 16 | - | - |
| epigynous | 15 | - | - |
| epigaeous | 12 | - | - |
| epigenous | 12 | - | - |
| epigonous | 12 | - | - |
| eponymous | 16 | being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | - |
| bifarious | 14 | - | - |
| bibacious | 15 | - | - |
| biogenous | 12 | producing or produced by living things | - |
| blustrous | 11 | - | - |
| bonhomous | 16 | - | - |
| calculous | 13 | relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi | - |
| burdenous | 12 | - | - |
| capacious | 15 | large in capacity | she carried a capacious bag |
| carbonous | 13 | relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon | - |
| cankerous | 15 | having an ulcer or canker | - |
| cautelous | 11 | - | - |
| carjacous | 20 | - | - |
| cariacous | 13 | - | - |
| carcajous | 20 | - | - |
| chancrous | 16 | of or having chancres | - |
| cellarous | 11 | - | - |
| ceruleous | 11 | - | - |
| cetaceous | 13 | of or relating to whales and dolphins etc | - |
| ceraceous | 13 | - | - |
| cepaceous | 15 | - | - |
| cephalous | 16 | - | - |
| chitinous | 14 | of or resembling chitin | - |
| cinereous | 11 | - | - |
| cinderous | 12 | - | - |
| cilicious | 13 | - | - |
| clamorous | 13 | conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry | a clamorous uproar |
| autecious | 11 | - | - |
| assiduous | 10 | marked by care and persistent effort | her assiduous attempts to learn French |
| astucious | 11 | - | - |
| astichous | 14 | - | - |
| autoicous | 11 | having male and female reproductive organs in separate clusters on the same plant | - |
| apetalous | 11 | (of flowers) having no petals | - |
| aphyllous | 17 | having no leaves | - |
| aphidious | 15 | - | - |
| apiaceous | 13 | - | - |
| apogamous | 14 | of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | - |
| apivorous | 14 | feeding on bees | - |
| argentous | 10 | relating to compounds in which silver is univalent | - |
| asbestous | 11 | - | - |
| asepalous | 11 | - | - |
| arsenious | 9 | relating to compounds in which arsenic is trivalent | - |
| arboreous | 11 | inhabiting or frequenting trees | - |
| aluminous | 11 | pertaining to or containing aluminum or alum | - |
| agnathous | 13 | - | - |
| alburnous | 11 | - | - |
| anandrous | 10 | - | - |
| ananthous | 12 | - | - |
| anestrous | 9 | of or relating to anestrus | - |
| ambagious | 14 | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | - |
| acclivous | 16 | - | - |
| achromous | 16 | having no color | - |
| acidulous | 12 | being sour to the taste | - |
| abnormous | 13 | - | - |
| acanthous | 14 | shaped like a spine or thorn | - |
| adoptious | 12 | - | - |
| vapourous | 14 | resembling or characteristic of vapor | - |
| texturous | 16 | - | - |
| callalous | 11 | - | - |
| bicurious | 13 | - | - |
