13-letter words containing ious
- irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
- judiciousness — The state of being judicious.
- laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
- luxuriousness — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- maliciousness — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melodiousness — The property of being melodious.
- meritoriously — deserving praise, reward, esteem, etc.; praiseworthy: to receive a gift for meritorious service.
- nefariousness — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- non-egregious — extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar. Synonyms: gross, outrageous, notorious, shocking. Antonyms: tolerable, moderate, minor, unnoticeable.
- non-malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- noncontagious — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- noninfectious — (of a disease or disease-causing organism) not liable to be transmitted through the environment.
- notoriousness — publicly or generally known, as for a particular trait: a newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism. Synonyms: notable, renowned, celebrated, prominent, conspicuous, famous, widely known.
- obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxiousness — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
- officiousness — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- opprobriously — In an opprobrious manner.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overconscious — excessively conscious
- overingenious — ingenious to a fault
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
- postliminious — subsequently undertaken
- precious opal — any opal having a play of colors, used as a gemstone.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- pretentiously — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- profectitious — (of money or property) proceeding from a parent or derived from an ancestor
- punctiliously — extremely attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of the formalities or amenities of conduct or actions.
- quadrifarious — having four parts
- red delicious — a deep-red type of Delicious apple.
- religiousness — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- repetitiously — full of repetition, especially unnecessary and tedious repetition: a repetitious account of their vacation trip.
- sanctimonious — making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness, etc.: They resented his sanctimonious comments on immorality in America.
- semi-precious — Semi-precious stones are stones such as turquoises and amethysts that are used in jewellery but are less valuable than precious stones such as diamonds and rubies.
- semiconscious — half-conscious; not fully conscious.
- semireligious — having a somewhat religious character.
- sententiously — abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book.
- spurious wing — alula (def 1).
- stalactitious — containing stalactites
- stentoriously — stentorian.
- stercorarious — stercoraceous
- supercautious — very or extremely cautious
- superstitious — of the nature of, characterized by, or proceeding from superstition: superstitious fears.
- surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- temerariously — in an audacious manner
- tenaciousness — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.