10-letter words that end in us
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- gemmaceous — of, relating to, or resembling gemmae.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- glamourous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandulous — glandular.
- glomerulus — a compact cluster of capillaries.
- glumaceous — glumelike; chaffy.
- gluttonous — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- goloptious — voluptuous
- gonococcus — the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae, causing gonorrhea.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- guarnerius — a violin made by Guarneri or by a member of his family.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hephaestus — the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hexapodous — (zoology) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- holodiscus — a genus of flowering deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- homologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.