11-letter words that end in rous
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- herbivorous — feeding on plants.
- homeomerous — showing or relating to homeomery; consisting of similar parts
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- homosporous — having the spores of one kind only.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- iteroparous — (of a plant) producing flowers and fruit more than once (usually many times) before dying
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
- larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
- larvivorous — feeding on larvae; larva-eating.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- malodourous — Alternative form of malodorous.
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- mecopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Mecoptera, comprising the scorpionflies and hangingflies.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- merdivorous — coprophagous.
- microporous — composed of or having extremely small pores.
- monoestrous — monestrous.
- mortiferous — deadly; fatal.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- nulliparous — a woman who has never borne a child.
- odoriferous — yielding or diffusing an odor.
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- omnivourous — Misspelling of omnivorous.
- ovuliferous — holding ovules
- ozoniferous — containing ozone.
- pentamerous — consisting of or divided into five parts.
- pentandrous — of or pertaining to the order of plants Pentandria, characterized by having five stamens
- pestiferous — bringing or bearing disease.
- phosphorous — containing trivalent phosphorus.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- pleiomerous — (of a flower) having a greater than normal number of parts
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- primiparous — a woman who has borne but one child or who is parturient for the first time.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- protandrous — (of hermaphrodite or monoecious plants) maturing the anthers before the stigma
- ring-porous — having annual rings marked by a conspicuous band of large pores in wood formed in spring.
- scapigerous — having a scape or leafless stalk