8-letter words that end in us
- pentheus — the grandson of Cadmus and his successor as king of Thebes, who resisted the introduction of the cult of Dionysus. In revenge the god drove him mad and he was torn to pieces by a group of bacchantes, one of whom was his mother
- perilous — involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- periplus — a descriptive account of a voyage, esp of a circumnavigation
- peroneus — any of several muscles on the outer side of the leg, the action of which assists in extending the foot and in turning it outward.
- pervious — admitting of passage or entrance; permeable: pervious soil.
- petalous — having petals.
- petavius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 100 miles (160 km) in diameter from crest to crest.
- phaedrus — flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.
- phaestus — Phaistos.
- picumnus — one of two ancient Roman fertility gods.
- pilumnus — one of two ancient gods of fertility.
- pittacus — c650–570 b.c, democratic statesman and reformer from Mytilene.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- plotinus — a.d. 205?–270? Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
- plumbous — containing bivalent lead.
- pluvious — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- poaceous — belonging to the Poaceae, an alternate name for the plant family Gramineae.
- podargus — a bird of South East Asia and Australia
- polonius — the sententious father of Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polypous — polypoid.
- populous — full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- poxvirus — any of a group of large, brick-shaped DNA-containing viruses that infect humans and other animals, including the viruses of smallpox and various other poxes.
- precious — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- previous — coming or occurring before something else; prior: the previous owner.
- provirus — a viral form that is incorporated into the genetic material of a host cell.
- pruritus — itching.
- pulvinus — Botany. a cushionlike swelling at the base of a leaf or leaflet, at the point of junction with the axis.
- purlieus — purlieus, environs or neighborhood.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- quirinus — an ancient Roman god of war, identified with the deified Romulus; a personification of the Roman nation.
- racemous — racemose.
- radiatus — (of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reovirus — any large virus of the family Reoviridae, having double-stranded RNA and a polyhedral capsid, including those causing infantile gastroenteritis.
- resinous — full of or containing resin.
- rhizopus — any zygomycetous fungus of the genus Rhizopus, esp R. nigricans, a bread mould
- rhonchus — a wheezing or snoring sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by an accumulation of mucus or other material.
- rigorous — characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
- risorius — a facial muscle responsible for smiling
- rosinous — rosiny
- ructious — tending or likely to cause ructions
- rumorous — relating to or containing rumours
- sabulous — sandy; gritty.
- sacculus — a saccule.
- saporous — full of flavor or taste; flavorful.
- savorous — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- scabious — covered with or consisting of scabs; scabby.
- scabrous — having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.