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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.
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