9-letter words that end in us
- gallienus — (Publius Licinius Egnatius) died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).
- gambrinus — a mythical Flemish king, the reputed inventor of beer.
- garrulous — excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
- gaudeamus — a university students' gathering or merry-making
- germanous — containing bivalent germanium.
- gingerous — (of hair) reddish
- ginglymus — a joint in which movement is limited to one plane.
- ginormous — extremely large; huge.
- gladiolus — any plant of the genus Gladiolus, of the iris family, native especially to Africa, having erect, sword-shaped leaves and spikes of flowers in a variety of colors.
- glamorous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- globulous — globe-shaped; spherical.
- glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
- glutenous — like gluten.
- glutinous — of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.
- goustrous — boisterous
- granulous — consisting of grains or granules
- grievious — (chiefly, dialectal) Alternative form of grievous.
- gummatous — a rubbery, tumorlike lesion associated with tertiary syphilis.
- gumptious — initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- harborous — welcoming and offering hospitality
- harquebus — any of several small-caliber long guns operated by a matchlock or wheel-lock mechanism, dating from about 1400.
- hausfraus — Plural form of hausfrau.
- hazardous — full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- helvetius — Claude Adrien [klawd ey-dree-uh n;; French klohd a-dree-ahn] /klɔd ˈeɪ dri ən;; French kloʊd a driˈɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1715–71, French philosopher.
- heraclius — a.d. 575?–641, Byzantine emperor 610–641.
- herodotus — 484?–425? b.c, Greek historian.
- hilarious — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hircinous — (rare) Of, or pertaining to goats; hircine.
- honourous — Rare spelling of honorous.
- humongous — extraordinarily large.
- humourous — (chiefly, UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorous.
- humungous — humongous.
- hybridous — of or relating to a hybrid
- hydraulus — a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
- hypogeous — underground; subterranean.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- ice-minus — noting or pertaining to genetically altered bacteria used on crops to inhibit frost formation.
- idomeneus — a king of Crete who fought on the Greek side in the Trojan War
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- imperious — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuous — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- impiteous — (obsolete) pitiless; cruel.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- incestous — Misspelling of incestuous.
- incurious — not curious; not inquisitive or observant; inattentive; indifferent.
- indubious — Not dubious or doubtful; certain.
- inebrious — (archaic) intoxicated; drunk.
- infandous — (obsolete) Extremely odious.
- ingenious — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.