10-letter words that end in us
- antimonous — of or containing antimony in the trivalent state
- antitragus — a cartilaginous projection of the external ear opposite the tragus
- antonymous — of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- apocarpous — (of the ovaries of flowering plants such as the buttercup) consisting of separate carpels
- aposporous — characterized by apospory
- apotropous — (of a plant ovule) anatrophous with a ventral raphe
- aquiferous — conveying, containing or yielding water
- arcesilaus — 316–241 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- archemorus — Opheltes.
- areligious — unconcerned with or indifferent to religious matters.
- arenaceous — (of sedimentary rocks and deposits) composed of sand or sandstone
- arenavirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses of the family Arenaviridae, usually transmitted to humans by contact with excreta of infected rodents.
- argenteous — silvery.
- ariovistus — flourished c71–58 b.c, Germanic leader of the Suevi.
- aristippus — ?435–?356 bc, Greek philosopher, who believed pleasure to be the highest good and founded the Cyrenaic school
- armigerous — of, having, or entitled to have a coat of arms
- artocarpus — a genus of the mulberry family, originating in Asia, species of which include the jackfruit and the breadfruit
- ascigerous — of or relating to asci.
- ascococcus — (biology) A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is enclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.
- ascogenous — of, relating to, or producing asci.
- astomatous — (of animals) having no mouth
- astragalus — the talus, or anklebone, in humans
- athanasius — Saint. ?296–373 ad, patriarch of Alexandria who championed Christian orthodoxy against Arianism. Feast day: May 2
- auriferous — (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing
- auspicious — Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.
- autoecious — (of parasites, esp the rust fungi) completing the entire life cycle on a single species of host
- autogamous — Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
- autogenous — originating within the body
- autologous — (of a tissue graft, blood transfusion, etc) originating from the recipient rather than from a donor
- automatous — a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
- autonomous — An autonomous country, organization, or group governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.
- autonymous — (of a word or words) appearing in its own form or directly quoted
- autotomous — separating body parts in order to escape danger
- avaricious — An avaricious person is very greedy for money or possessions.
- avenaceous — belonging to or of the nature of oats or oat grasses
- baby bonus — family allowance
- baby jesus — Jesus as a baby, esp in Nativity scenes
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- barbarious — (dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
- bardacious — bodacious.
- bargainous — (informal) cheap (characteristic of a bargain).
- barosaurus — Any of the genus Barosaurus of long-tailed, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaurs.
- barratrous — (legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
- battailous — ready for battle; pugnacious
- belisarius — ?505–565 ad, Byzantine general under Justinian I. He recovered North Africa from the Vandals and Italy from the Ostrogoths and led forces against the Persians
- benedictus — a short canticle beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini in Latin and Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord in English
- bi-curious — considering experimenting with bisexuality
- bipetalous — having two petals
- bismuthous — of or containing bismuth in the trivalent state
- bituminous — of the nature of bitumen, esp. with regard to its color and combustibility