10-letter words that end in us
- edentulous — lacking teeth; toothless.
- elagabalus — (born Varius Avitus Bassianus) a.d. 205?-222; Rom. emperor (218-222)
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- endogenous — Having an internal cause or origin.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- entre nous — between ourselves; in confidence
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
- erechtheus — a king of Athens who sacrificed one of his daughters because the oracle at Delphi said this was the only way to win the war against the Eleusinians
- ericaceous — (especially of a plant) Acid-loving, thriving in acidic conditions.
- erinaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
- erymanthus — Mountmountain in the NW Peloponnesus, Greece: 7,297 ft (2,224 m): in Greek mythology, haunt of a savage boar captured by Hercules
- eucalyptus — A fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere . It is valued for its timber, oil, gum, and resin, and as an ornamental tree.
- euphonious — (of sound, esp. speech) Pleasing to the ear.
- eurystheus — a grandson of Perseus, who, through the favour of Hera, inherited the kingship of Mycenae, which Zeus had intended for Hercules
- exceptious — prone to taking exception or raising objections
- exogeneous — Alternative form of exogenous.
- exophagous — (of an insect larva) living on the outside of, and feeding upon, the host
- extraneous — Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.
- facinorous — extremely wicked
- factitious — not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
- fallacious — containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fasciculus — a fascicle, as of nerve or muscle fibers.
- fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- felicitous — well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate: The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fibrillous — composed of small fibres
- fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- fimicolous — of or relating to an organism that lives on or in animal excrement.
- flagitious — shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- flamininus — Titus Quinctius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?230–?174 bc, Roman general and statesman: defeated Macedonia (197) and proclaimed the independence of the Greek states (196)
- flatterous — flattering
- flavivirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
- flavourous — Alternative spelling of flavorous.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- flosculous — (botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- foliaceous — of, like, or of the nature of a plant leaf; leaflike.
- folivorous — any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.
- fonticulus — a fontanelle of the cranium
- form genus — an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
- fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- founderous — likely to cause foundering; miry; swampy.
- frumentius — Saint, a.d. c300–c380, founder of the Ethiopian Church.
- fucivorous — feeding on seaweed
- fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.