10-letter words that end in us
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- coriaceous — of or resembling leather
- coriolanus — Gaius Marcius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈmɑːsɪəs). 5th century bc, a legendary Roman general, who allegedly led an army against Rome but was dissuaded from conquering it by his mother and wife
- cornaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cornaceae, a family of temperate plants, mostly trees and shrubs, including dogwood, cornel, and spotted laurel
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- cretaceous — consisting of or resembling chalk
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cup fungus — any small, often brightly colored mushroom of the family Pezizaceae, characterized by a fruiting body resembling a cup.
- cupidinous — having a great desire or cupidity
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvacious — pleasingly curved
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cynopodous — (of some mammals, such as dogs) having claws that do not retract
- cytococcus — (biology) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- deceptious — relating to deception or inclined to deceive
- deep focus — the focusing of a filmed scene so as to make near and distant objects equally clear.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- despiteous — malicious; spiteful.
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- diplodocus — a huge herbivorous dinosaur of the genus Diplodocus, from the Late Jurassic Epoch of western North America, growing to a length of about 87 feet (26.5 meters).
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discobolus — A discus thrower.
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dispiteous — malicious; cruel; pitiless.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- dithionous — as in dithionous acid
- dividendus — (in prescriptions) meant to be divided.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duplicatus — (of a cloud) consisting of superposed layers that sometimes partially merge.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- ebbinghaus — Hermann (ˈhɛrman). 1850–1909, German experimental psychologist who undertook the first systematic and large-scale studies of memory and devised tests using nonsense syllables
- ectogenous — growing outside the body of the host, as certain bacteria and other parasites.
- eczematous — an inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching and the exudation of serous matter.