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9-letter words that end in ious

  • malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
  • malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
  • melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
  • meritious — Having merit.
  • minacious — menacing; threatening.
  • monecious — monoecious.
  • nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
  • negotious — Engaged in negotiation; Occupied with a conversation.
  • notorious — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
  • nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
  • oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
  • obsidious — (rare) besieging; besetting, obsessional.
  • officious — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • parecious — paroicous.
  • pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
  • penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
  • prescious — prescient
  • rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
  • religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • sagacious — having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
  • salacious — lustful or lecherous.
  • seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
  • selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
  • silicious — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
  • solacious — providing solace
  • spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
  • synecious — synoicous.
  • tenacious — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
  • thallious — having a surplus of thallium
  • triecious — of or relating to a species having male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on different plants.
  • unanxious — not anxious or concerned
  • uncopious — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
  • uncurious — incurious
  • unenvious — full of, feeling, or expressing envy: envious of a person's success; an envious attack.
  • unobvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
  • unserious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • vagarious — characterized by vagaries; erratic; capricious: a vagarious foreign policy.
  • veracious — habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
  • vexatious — causing vexation; troublesome; annoying: a vexatious situation.
  • vicarious — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
  • vivacious — lively; animated; spirited: a vivacious folk dance.
  • volacious — able or fit to fly.
  • voracious — craving or consuming large quantities of food: a voracious appetite.
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