5-letter words that end in us
- focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fucus — any olive-brown seaweed or alga of the genus Fucus, having branching fronds and often air bladders.
- fugus — any of several species of puffer fish eaten as a delicacy, especially in Japan, after the removal of the skin and certain organs which contain a deadly poison.
- gaius — a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- genus — Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- gibus — opera hat.
- gurus — Plural form of guru.
- gyrus — a convolution, especially of the brain.
- hilus — An indentation in the surface of a kidney, spleen, or other organ, where blood vessels, ducts, nerve fibers, etc., enter or leave it.
- hocus — to play a trick on; hoax; cheat.
- horus — a solar deity, regarded as either the son or the brother of Isis and Osiris, and usually represented as a falcon or as a man with the head of a falcon.
- humus — the dark organic material in soils, produced by the decomposition of vegetable or animal matter and essential to the fertility of the earth.
- ictus — Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- ileus — intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- illus — illustrated
- incus — Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals. Compare malleus, stapes.
- indus — a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1900 miles (3060 km) long.
- ipsus — an ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia: the scene of a battle (301 b.c.) between the successors of Alexander the Great.
- irbus — IrDA Control
- issus — an ancient town in Asia Minor, in Cilicia: victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III 333 b.c.
- iulus — the son of Ascanius, founder of the Julian gens or clan
- janus — an ancient Roman god of doorways, of beginnings, and of the rising and setting of the sun, usually represented as having one head with two bearded faces back to back, looking in opposite directions.
- jebus — an ancient Canaanite city taken by David: it later became Jerusalem.
- jehus — a king of Israel noted for his furious chariot attacks. II Kings 9.
- jesus — Jesus.
- jujus — Plural form of juju.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- klaus — Vaclav. born 1941, Czech politician: prime minister of the Czech Republic (1993–97); president (2003–13)
- kraus — Karl, 1874–1936, Austrian writer and editor.
- kudus — Plural form of kudu.
- kurus — a monetary unit of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira; piaster.
- laius — a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lamus — a son of Hercules and Omphale.
- lanus — a city in E Argentina, S of Buenos Aires.
- latus — (medicine) Flank.
- lepus — a small constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Orion and Columba
- lieus — place; stead.
- linus — Classical Mythology. a musician and poet, the inventor of melody and rhythm, of whom various stories are told: often identified, through his untimely death, with the harvesting or withering of crops and vegetation. Also called Linus song. a dirge: originally sung in western Asia to mourn the death of crops being harvested, later sung to mourn the death of Linus or that of Adonis.
- lobus — a lobe.
- locus — a place; locality.
- lotus — a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- luaus — Plural form of luau.
- lulus — Plural form of lulu.
- lupus — lupus vulgaris.
- lusus — a product of nature that deviates from the norm, a freak or mutant, usually as 'lusus naturae'
- magus — (sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- malus — (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
- manus — Anatomy, Zoology. the distal segment of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the carpus and the forefoot or hand.
- menus — a list of the dishes served at a meal; bill of fare: Ask the waiter for a menu.
- minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.