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12-letter words that end in us

  • geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
  • gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
  • half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
  • hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
  • heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
  • heliophilous — attracted to sunlight
  • hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
  • hematogenous — originating in the blood.
  • hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
  • hepatogenous — originating in the liver
  • herbivourous — Misspelling of herbivorous.
  • heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
  • heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
  • heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
  • heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
  • heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
  • heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
  • heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
  • heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
  • heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
  • heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
  • hippophagous — eating horse meat
  • hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
  • homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
  • homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
  • homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
  • homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
  • homothermous — (biology) warm-blooded.
  • honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
  • hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
  • hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
  • hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
  • hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
  • hypophyllous — growing on the undersurface of leaves, as a fungus.
  • hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
  • idiothermous — warm-blooded
  • ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
  • impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
  • inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
  • incommodious — inconvenient, as not affording sufficient space or room; uncomfortable: incommodious hotel accommodations.
  • inconcinnous — incongruous, not concinnous, inharmonious, discordant
  • incontiguous — not continuous; unconnected; discrete
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