7-letter words that end in ous
- niveous — resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
- nocuous — likely to cause damage or injury; harmful; noxious.
- noxious — harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- obvious — easily seen, recognized, or understood; open to view or knowledge; evident: an obvious advantage.
- ochrous — Containing ochre.
- odorous — odoriferous.
- ominous — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- onerous — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- onymous — Having a name.
- osmious — of or containing osmium in its lower valences.
- osseous — composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.
- ozonous — of or containing ozone.
- pappous — having or forming a pappus.
- parlous — perilous; dangerous.
- pectous — of, relating to, or consisting of pectin or protopectin.
- petrous — denoting the dense part of the temporal bone that surrounds the inner ear
- piceous — of, relating to, or resembling pitch.
- pileous — hairy or furry.
- piteous — evoking or deserving pity; pathetic: piteous cries for help.
- plumous — having plumes or feathers
- pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
- pulpous — soft and yielding
- raucous — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- rhodous — of or containing rhodium (but proportionally more than something rhodic)
- riotous — (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- rubious — being of the color of a ruby; ruby-colored.
- ruinous — bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- sanious — characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- sarcous — consisting of or pertaining to flesh or skeletal muscle.
- serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- simious — pertaining to or characteristic of apes or monkeys; simian.
- sinuous — having many curves, bends, or turns; winding: a sinuous path.
- soukous — a style of central African popular dance music with electric guitars, Caribbean rhythms, and often several vocalists.
- spinous — covered with or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- spumous — to eject or discharge as or like foam or froth; spew (often followed by forth).
- succous — juicy; full of sap
- tedious — event: dull
- tenuous — lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
- timeous — timely; sufficiently early.
- typhous — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- uberous — fertile; abundant; fruitful
- umbrous — shady or shadowed
- uranous — containing trivalent uranium.
- urinous — of, pertaining to, resembling, or having the odor or qualities of urine.
- vacuous — without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
- various — of different kinds, as two or more things; differing one from another: Various experiments have not proved his theory.
- veinous — having veins; veiny
- vicious — addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
- viduous — empty
- villous — covered with or of the nature of villi.