8-letter words that end in ous
- canorous — tuneful; melodious
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- caribous — Plural form of caribou.
- carneous — fleshy
- cautious — Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- cernuous — (of some flowers or buds) drooping
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- citreous — of a greenish-yellow colour; citron
- concious — Misspelling of conscious.
- corneous — horny; hornlike
- couscous — Couscous is a type of food that is made from crushed steamed wheat, or a dish consisting of this food served with a spicy stew. It is traditionally eaten in North Africa.
- covetous — A covetous person has a strong desire to possess something, especially something that belongs to another person.
- covinous — deceitful; fraudulent; collusive
- crankous — fretful; cranky
- croupous — (medicine) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup.
- cumbrous — cumbersome
- cumulous — resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
- cupreous — of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- dartrous — of or pertaining to dartre
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- desirous — If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- dextrous — dexterous
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts
- diecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- ditokous — producing two young or laying two eggs at a time.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- edulious — (obsolete) edible.
- enginous — ingenious or clever
- enormous — very big
- epigeous — epigeal
- eurokous — of or relating to euroky
- exiguous — Very small in size or amount.
- eximious — (archaic) Pre-eminent, outstanding.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fashious — troublesome, causing worry
- fastuous — haughty; arrogant.
- favorous — Favourable, favorable.
- feateous — (of people or dress) well-formed, handsome, aesthetically pleasing
- felonous — wicked, evil; of the character of a felon
- ferreous — of, resembling, or containing iron: a ferreous alloy.
- feverous — feverish.
- fiberous — Misspelling of fibrous.
- fictious — (obsolete) Fictitious.