13-letter words that end in us
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- celiac plexus — solar plexus (def 1).
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- celluliferous — making or consisting of small cells
- cephalopodous — of, belonging to or relating to a cephalopod
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clistocarpous — Mycology. having cleistothecia.
- cobaltiferous — containing cobalt
- coccobacillus — a spherelike bacillus.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- conscientious — Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work properly.
- consectaneous — following logically; consequent
- consentaneous — accordant or consistent (with)
- coralliferous — bearing or containing coral
- coralligenous — producing coral
- crassulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- demeritorious — a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- deserticolous — living or growing in a desert.
- dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- diplobacillus — a double bacillus; two bacilli linked end to end.
- disceptatious — disputable
- discommodious — Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- discontiguous — disconnected or without contact
- discontinuous — not continuous; broken; interrupted; intermittent: a discontinuous chain of mountains; a discontinuous argument.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
- dolichosaurus — any of various extinct Cretaceous aquatic reptiles that had long necks and bodies and well-developed limbs
- easter cactus — an epiphytic cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, native to Brazil, having oblong joints and red flowers.
- eccremocarpus — any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers: family Bignoniaceae
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- equisetaceous — belonging to the family Equisetaceae
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.