9-letter words that end in us
- scamillus — a slight bevel at an arris of a stone, as in the necking of a Greek Doric column.
- scirrhous — of a hard, fibrous consistency.
- scybalous — of or relating to scybalum
- sebaceous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling tallow or fat; fatty; greasy.
- seditious — of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
- selenious — containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semipious — quite pious; somewhat pious
- semisolus — an advertisement that appears on the same page as another advertisement but not adjacent to it
- sericeous — silky.
- sertorius — Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), died 72 b.c, Roman general and statesman.
- setaceous — bristlelike; bristle-shaped.
- severinus — died a.d. 640, pope 640.
- sextarius — an ancient Roman measurement for volume
- siliceous — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- silicious — containing, consisting of, or resembling silica.
- silverius — Saint, died a.d. 537, pope 536–37.
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sisinnius — pope a.d. 708.
- solacious — providing solace
- sorcerous — of the nature of or involving sorcery.
- sous-sous — a small jump beginning and ending in the fifth position, usually performed in series moving forward, backward, or to the side.
- spartacus — died 71 b.c, Thracian slave, gladiator, and insurrectionist.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- spiritous — of the nature of spirit; immaterial, ethereal, or refined.
- spissatus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun.
- spongeous — relating to or resembling a sponge
- spongious — spongy or relating to a sponge
- stapedius — the small muscle in the inner ear attached to and controlling the stapes
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- stomatous — stomatal.
- strenuous — characterized by vigorous exertion, as action, efforts, life, etc.: a strenuous afternoon of hunting.
- strobilus — a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- stuporous — suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- subdolous — clever, crafty, or sly
- subereous — of the nature of or resembling cork; suberose.
- subserous — situated or occurring under a serous membrane.
- subsultus — an abnormal twitching
- succubous — (of leaves) overlapping, with the base of each leaf covering part of that under it.
- suetonius — (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) a.d. 75–150, Roman historian.
- sulfurous — of, relating to, or containing sulfur, especially in the tetravalent state.
- sumpsimus — adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form (opposed to mumpsimus).
- sumptuous — entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence.
- superplus — a surplus
- susurrous — full of whispering or rustling sounds.
- symmachus — Saint, died a.d. 514, pope 498–514.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synoicous — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- syntonous — syntonic.