9-letter words that end in us
- luteolous — fairly or somewhat luteous
- luxurious — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- macrotous — having large ears
- macrurous — long-tailed, as a lobster (opposed to brachyurous).
- maladious — (obsolete) sickly.
- malarious — Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
- malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malitious — Obsolete form of malicious.
- malleolus — the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia.
- manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
- manicheus — Manes.
- marcellus — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
- marvelous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar. 720 sq. mi. (1865 sq. km).
- meandrous — meandering; winding; rambling.
- melodious — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- menoeceus — a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
- menoetius — a Titan, the brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
- mercurius — (Mercurius) died a.d. 535, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 533–535.
- mercurous — containing univalent mercury, Hg +1 or Hg 2 +2 .
- meritious — Having merit.
- meteorous — resembling, or having the nature of, a meteor
- metestrus — the luteal phase of the reproductive cycle in mammalian females, occurring after ovulation and characterized by development of the corpus luteum, increased progesterone secretion, and decreased estrogen secretion.
- methodius — Saint (Apostle of the Slavs) a.d. c825–885, Greek missionary in Moravia (brother of Saint Cyril).
- micaceous — consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
- mimivirus — a very large virus containing DNA
- minacious — menacing; threatening.
- molybdous — of or containing molybdenum, especially in its lower valences.
- momentous — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- monecious — monoecious.
- monoicous — Alternative form of monoecious.
- monstrous — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
- mumpsimus — adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy (opposed to sumpsimus).
- mundungus — malodorous tobacco.
- murderous — of the nature of or involving murder: a murderous deed.
- murmurous — abounding in or characterized by murmurs.
- musaceous — belonging to the Musaceae, the banana family of plants.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- nabonidus — died 539? b.c, last king of Babylonia 556–539 (father of Belshazzar).
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- narcissus — any bulbous plant belonging to the genus Narcissus, of the amaryllis family, having showy yellow or white flowers with a cup-shaped corona.
- nebulosus — (of a cloud) having indistinct details.
- nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
- nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.