7-letter words that end in us
- apodous — apodal.
- aqueous — In chemistry, an aqueous solution or cream has water as its base.
- arbutus — any of several temperate ericaceous shrubs of the genus Arbutus, esp the strawberry tree of S Europe. They have clusters of white or pinkish flowers, broad evergreen leaves, and strawberry-like berries
- archeus — the spirit or force which Paracelsians believed dwelt in, and presided over, all living things
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- arenous — sandy
- argulus — any of various parasites of the genus Argulus of the family Argulidae which affect fish and are a major threat to their health.
- arillus — an aril
- atheous — having no concern or regard for the matters surrounding the actuality of a God
- autobus — a motor vehicle which can carry a large group of passengers
- avarous — (obsolete) Avaricious.
- avernus — a crater lake in Italy, near Naples: in ancient times regarded as an entrance to hell
- azotous — nitrous, containing nitrogen
- azygous — developing or occurring singly
- azymous — unleavened
- bacchus — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a god of wine and giver of ecstasy, identified with Dionysus
- badious — chestnut coloured; brownish-red
- balteus — (on an Ionic capital) the horizontal band connecting the volutes on either side.
- balthus — real name Balthasar Klossowski de Rola. 1908–2001, French painter of Polish descent, noted esp for his paintings of adolescent girls
- bangbus — A motorbus associated with licentious, often solicited sexual activity, especially in pornography.
- bauhaus — a German school of architecture and applied arts founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius on experimental principles of functionalism and truth to materials. After being closed by the Nazis in 1933, its ideas were widely disseminated by its students and staff, including Kandinsky, Klee, Feininger, Moholy-Nagy, and Mies van der Rohe
- bejesus — an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, etc, regarded as a characteristic utterance of Irish people
- belarus — a republic in E Europe; part of the medieval Lithuanian and Polish empires before being occupied by Russia; a Soviet republic (1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)
- bergius — Friedrich (Karl Rudolph) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931
- bifidus — a genus of anaerobic bacteria, many of which are present natively in the human digestive system
- bilious — If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting.
- bivious — with a choice of two different ways
- boeotus — a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
- boletus — any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
- bombous — convex; spherical.
- bonasus — a name for the wisent or European bison (Bison bonasus)
- brangus — one of an American breed of cattle developed from Brahman and Aberdeen Angus stock, bred to withstand a hot climate.
- broadus — something given as a bonus; lagniappe.
- brumous — mist; fog.
- bucyrus — a city in N central Ohio.
- bulbous — Something that is bulbous is round and fat in a rather ugly way.
- bulimus — any of a genus of terrestrial molluscs with elongated spiral shells, commonly found in tropical America
- bullous — blistered
- burnous — a long circular cloak with a hood attached, worn esp by Arabs
- byrgius — a crater in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 40 miles (64 km) in diameter.
- cachous — Plural form of cachou.
- calamus — any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus, some species of which are a source of rattan and canes
- callous — A callous person or action is very cruel and shows no concern for other people or their feelings.
- calvous — lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald.
- canopus — the brightest star in the constellation Carina and the second brightest star in the sky. Visual magnitude: -0.7; spectral type: F0II; distance: 313 light years
- canthus — the inner or outer corner or angle of the eye, formed by the natural junction of the eyelids
- cardbus — (hardware) The 32-bit version of the PCMCIA (PC Card) bus.
- carduus — a thistle, esp the species Carduus benedictus
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- carnous — carnose.