7-letter words that end in us
- ephesus — (in ancient Greece) a major trading city on the W coast of Asia Minor: famous for its temple of Artemis (Diana); sacked by the Goths (262 ad)
- erasmus — Desiderius (ˌdɛzɪˈdɪərɪəs), real name Gerhard Gerhards. ?1466–1536, Dutch humanist, the leading scholar of the Renaissance in northern Europe. He published the first Greek edition of the New Testament in 1516; his other works include the satirical Encomium Moriae (1509); Colloquia (1519), a series of dialogues; and an attack on the theology of Luther, De Libero Arbitrio (1524)
- erastus — Thomas(born Thomas Liebler or Lieber) 1524-83; Ger. theologian & physician
- estrous — Of, pertaining to, or in a state of estrus.
- euripus — a strait or channel with a strong current or tide
- famulus — a servant or attendant, especially of a scholar or a magician.
- fashous — (Geordie) That which fashes one; troublesome.
- fatuous — foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
- faustus — Doctor Faustus.
- ferrous — of or containing iron, especially in the bivalent state.
- fibrous — containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
- fidibus — A piece of paper used for lighting a pipe, etc.
- filosus — fibratus.
- floccus — a small tuft of woolly hairs.
- fluctus — (astronomy, geology) An area covered by outflow from a volcano.
- folious — foolish
- fractus — containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- fulvous — tawny; dull yellowish-gray or yellowish-brown.
- fumulus — A very thin cloud resembling a veil, especially one formed of water droplets from a rising plume (from a cooling tower etc).
- fungous — of, relating to, or caused by fungi; fungal.
- furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- fuscous — of brownish-gray or dusky color.
- gallous — Fit to be hanged; wicked; mischievous.
- gaseous — existing in the state of a gas; not solid or liquid.
- genious — Misspelling of genius.
- gibbous — Astronomy. (of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
- gladius — a short sword used in ancient Rome by legionaries.
- glaucus — A genus Glaucus of nudibranchiate mollusks, found in the warmer latitudes, swimming in the open sea. These mollusks are beautifully colored with blue and silvery white.
- glebous — clod-like; earthy
- gluteus — any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.
- gnossus — Knossos.
- grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
- gropius — Walter [wawl-ter;; German vahl-tuh r] /ˈwɔl tər;; German ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.
- grotius — Hugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
- grumous — Also, grumose [groo-mohs] /ˈgru moʊs/ (Show IPA). Botany. formed of clustered grains or granules.
- gummous — consisting of or resembling gum; gummy.
- habitus — the physical characteristics of a person, especially appearance and constitution as related to disease.
- hainous — Obsolete spelling of heinous.
- halitus — breath; exhalation; vapor.
- hamulus — a small hook or hooklike process, especially at the end of a bone.
- heinous — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- helibus — a helicopter with the capacity to carry many passengers
- herbous — Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous.
- hideous — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hilarus — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- houmous — Houmous is a smooth food made from chick peas which people usually eat with bread or vegetables.
- hugeous — huge.
- humerus — the long bone in the arm of humans extending from the shoulder to the elbow.
- hydrous — containing water.
- hyginus — Saint, died a.d. 140, pope 136–140.