12-letter words that end in ous
- exsanguinous — Alternative form of exsanguious.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- gentilitious — relating to a gens
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- heliophilous — attracted to sunlight
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herbivourous — Misspelling of herbivorous.
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
- heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
- homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- homothermous — (biology) warm-blooded.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hypophyllous — growing on the undersurface of leaves, as a fungus.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.