10-letter words that end in us
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- igniferous — (rare) Producing fire.
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- ignominous — Misspelling of ignominious.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- illustrous — (obsolete, rare) Without lustre.
- immeritous — (obsolete) undeserving.
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- impostrous — (archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
- impromptus — made or done without previous preparation: an impromptu address to the unexpected crowds.
- incautious — not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.
- incestuous — involving incest.
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- indextrous — not possessing dexterity
- indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- inducteous — Rendered electropolar by induction, or brought into the opposite electrical state by the influence of inductive bodies.
- infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- inglorious — shameful; disgraceful: inglorious retreat.
- iniquitous — characterized by injustice or wickedness; wicked; sinful.
- innumerous — very numerous.
- insensuous — not sensuous
- insomnious — (archaic) restless; sleepless.
- instaneous — Misspelling of instantaneous.
- integrious — (rare) Marked by integrity.
- inventious — (obsolete) inventive.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- isochroous — having the same color throughout.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- isopterous — belonging or pertaining to social insects of the order Isoptera, comprising the termites.
- isosporous — having spores of only one kind
- isotropous — (archaic) isotropic.
- jaspideous — Jaspidean; made of jasper.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- juncaceous — belonging to the plant family Juncaceae.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- labourious — Lb nonstandard Alternative form of from=UK.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- laniferous — wool-bearing: sheep and other laniferous animals.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- latissimus — Either of a pair of large, roughly triangular muscles covering the lower part of the back, extending from the sacral, lumbar, and lower thoracic vertebrae to the armpits.