9-letter words that end in ous
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- delirious — Someone who is delirious is unable to think or speak in a sensible and reasonable way, usually because they are very ill and have a fever.
- dentulous — having teeth
- dexterous — Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- diandrous — (of some flowers or flowering plants) having two stamens
- dicacious — teasing and cheeky in the way one speaks
- diclinous — (of flowering plants) bearing unisexual flowers
- dioecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- dipterous — Entomology. belonging or pertaining to the order Diptera, comprising the houseflies, mosquitoes, and gnats, characterized by a single, anterior pair of membranous wings with the posterior pair reduced to small, knobbed structures.
- dirhinous — having paired nostrils.
- dividuous — Divided; dividual.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- egrecious — Misspelling of egregious.
- egregious — Outstandingly bad; shocking.
- engenious — Alternative form of ingenious.
- epigenous — growing on the surface, esp the upper surface, of an organism or part
- epigynous — (of flowers) having the receptacle enclosing and fused with the gynoecium so that the other floral parts arise above it
- eponymous — (of a person) giving their name to something.
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
- erroneous — Wrong; incorrect.
- euphonous — Alternative form of euphonious.
- eutropous — (of an insect or plant) adapted for pollination
- exogamous — (biology, marriage) Of or relating to exogamy.
- exogenous — Of, relating to, or developing from external factors.
- exsuccous — having no sap or juice
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- fatuitous — complacently stupid; foolish.
- favillous — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
- favourous — Rare spelling of favorous.
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fervorous — With fervour; fervent.
- fibrinous — the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- fistulous — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- fluminous — Pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent.
- foraneous — Of or pertaining to a market or forum.
- foundrous — founderous.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- frictious — (rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fructuous — productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
- fruticous — (botany) fruticose.