10-letter words that end in ous
- concinnous — characterized by concinnity; elegant; harmonious; stylistically congruous.
- congenious — (obsolete) congeneric.
- coniferous — A coniferous forest or wood is made up of conifers.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- contiguous — Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- cretaceous — consisting of or resembling chalk
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cynopodous — (of some mammals, such as dogs) having claws that do not retract
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- deceptious — relating to deception or inclined to deceive
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- despiteous — malicious; spiteful.
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dispiteous — malicious; cruel; pitiless.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- dithionous — as in dithionous acid
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- ectogenous — growing outside the body of the host, as certain bacteria and other parasites.
- eczematous — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.
- edentulous — lacking teeth; toothless.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- endogenous — Having an internal cause or origin.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- entre nous — between ourselves; in confidence
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
- ericaceous — (especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
- erinaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
- euphonious — (of sound, esp. speech) Pleasing to the ear.
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exogeneous — Alternative form of exogenous.