10-letter words that end in us
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygyny.
- polymerous — Biology. composed of many parts.
- polyphemus — a Cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus.
- polysemous — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polytocous — flowering multiple times during a lifetime
- polytomous — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pompelmous — pomelo.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- porphyrous — of or relating to porphyry
- porraceous — resembling a leek, esp in colour
- portentous — of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- posthumous — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- praetorius — Michael (Michael Schultheiss) 1571–1621, German composer, organist, and theorist.
- precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precocious — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- procacious — insolent
- procellous — stormy, as the sea.
- procoelous — describing vertebrae with a concave cranial surface
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- prolixious — (of speech, music, writing) long-winded; drawn out
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- propertius — Sextus [seks-tuh s] /ˈsɛks təs/ (Show IPA), c50–c15 b.c, Roman poet.
- propitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- propositus — Law. the person from whom a line of descent is derived on a genealogical table.
- prospectus — a document describing the major features of a proposed literary work, project, business venture, etc., in enough detail so that prospective investors, participants, or buyers may evaluate it: Don't buy the new stock offering until you read the prospectus carefully.
- prosperous — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- proteinous — Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.
- prothallus — prothallium.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- ptolemaeus — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 90 miles (144 km) in diameter.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pultaceous — resembling pap
- pupigerous — (of an insect) having a pupa
- pupiparous — (of an insect) bearing fully developed larvae that are ready to pupate.
- pyrogenous — pyrogenic (def 2).
- pyrophorus — a substance which ignites when exposed to air
- quarrelous — (now US) Quarrelsome; argumentative.
- quotatious — using or involving many quotations
- rampageous — violent; unruly; boisterous.
- ranivorous — that eats frogs