9-letter words that end in us
- antiochus — name of thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty of Syria
- antivirus — a piece of software designed to prevent viruses entering a computer system or network
- antoninus — Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius.
- apetalous — (of flowering plants) having no petals
- aphyllous — (of plants) having no leaves
- apiaceous — of the family Apiaceae; umbelliferous
- apivorous — eating bees
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- arboreous — thickly wooded; having many trees
- arbovirus — any one of a group of viruses that cause such diseases as encephalitis and dengue and are transmitted to humans by arthropods, esp insects and ticks
- areopagus — the hill to the northwest of the Acropolis in Athens
- argentous — of or containing silver in the monovalent state
- aristaeus — a son of Apollo and Cyrene: protector of herds and fields
- arrhenius — Svante August (ˈsvantə ˈauɡʊst). 1859–1927, Swedish chemist and physicist, noted for his work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation: Nobel prize for chemistry 1903
- arsenious — of or containing arsenic in the trivalent state
- aryballus — aryballos.
- asbestous — having the look, structure or qualities of asbestos
- asclepius — a god of healing; son of Apollo
- asepalous — (of a plant or flower) having no sepals
- asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
- asparagus — Asparagus is a vegetable that is long and green and has small shoots at one end. It is cooked and served whole.
- assidious — Misspelling of assiduous.
- assiduous — Someone who is assiduous works hard or does things very thoroughly.
- astichous — having a structure or layout that is not in rows
- astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
- athenaeus — late 2nd century a.d, Greek philosopher and rhetorician at Naucratis in Egypt.
- atrocious — If you describe something as atrocious, you are emphasizing that its quality is very bad.
- audacious — Someone who is audacious takes risks in order to achieve something.
- autecious — autoecious
- autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
- autoicous — (of plants, esp mosses) having male and female reproductive organs on the same plant
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- ballismus — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- barbarous — If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- battlebus — the coach that transports politicians and their advisers round the country during an election campaign
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- berzelius — Baron Jöns Jakob (ˈjœns ˈjɑːkɔp). 1779–1848, Swedish chemist, who invented the present system of chemical symbols and formulas, discovered several elements, and determined the atomic and molecular weight of many substances
- bibacious — tending to drink in excess
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biogenous — the production of living organisms from other living organisms.
- bissextus — February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400, a rule introduced by the Gregorian calendar) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year.
- bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- booze bus — a mobile police unit used to conduct drug and alcohol tests on drivers
- botulinus — an anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, whose toxins (botulins) cause botulism: family Bacillaceae
- bounteous — giving freely; generous
- bumptious — If you say that someone is bumptious, you are criticizing them because they are very pleased with themselves and their opinions.