10-letter words containing ious
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- mollitious — sensual and self-indulgent
- monoecious — Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- mordacious — biting or given to biting.
- multivious — having many ways, paths or directions
- mysterious — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- nonobvious — Not obvious.
- nonserious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- nutritious — providing nourishment, especially to a high degree; nourishing; healthful: a good, nutritious meal.
- obloquious — Containing obloquy; reproachful.
- obnoctious — Obsolete form of obnoxious.
- obsequious — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- odiousness — (uncountable) The condition of being odious.
- omniscious — (obsolete) omniscient; all-knowing.
- ostentious — Misspelling of ostentatious.
- paroecious — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perjurious — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- pernicious — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- pious hope — a wish or desire that is unlikely to be fulfilled
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- preciouses — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- previously — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- procacious — insolent
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quotatious — using or involving many quotations
- rebellious — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
- reptilious — like a reptile, resembling or characteristic of a reptile
- robustious — rough, rude, or boisterous.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- salubrious — favorable to or promoting health; healthful: salubrious air.
- sequacious — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.