10-letter words that end in mous
- acronymous — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- allogamous — cross-fertilization in plants (opposed to autogamy).
- anadromous — (of fishes such as the salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea in order to breed
- antonymous — of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- autogamous — Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
- autonomous — An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autotomous — separating body parts in order to escape danger
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- monodomous — living as a community in a single nest, as certain ant colonies.
- monogamous — practicing or advocating monogamy.
- mononymous — Having a single-word name.
- monosemous — Having only one meaning or interpretation.
- monotomous — (mineralogy) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
- paronymous — containing the same root or stem, as the words wise and wisdom.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pompelmous — pomelo.
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- synonymous — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
- theonomous — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- xylotomous — That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.
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