10-letter words that end in ous
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lascivious — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- lauraceous — belonging to the plant family Lauraceae.
- laviscious — (nonstandard) Lascivious.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- libidinous — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
- licentious — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- liliaceous — of or like the lily.
- limicolous — dwelling in mud or muddy regions.
- limivorous — of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it.
- lipomatous — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- longaevous — long-lived
- loquacious — talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.
- loquatious — Misspelling of loquacious.
- lubricious — arousing or expressive of sexual desire; lustful; lecherous.
- luciferous — bringing or providing light.
- lucifugous — Shunning the light.
- ludibrious — (obsolete) sportive; wanton.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- malodorous — having an unpleasant or offensive odor; smelling bad: a malodorous swamp.
- malvaceous — belonging to the Malvaceae, the mallow family of plants.
- marlaceous — Resembling marl.
- marvellous — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- meliaceous — belonging to the Meliaceae, the mahogany family of plants.
- membranous — consisting of, of the nature of, or resembling membrane.
- mendacious — telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
- menstruous — pertaining to menstruation.
- meticulous — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- miasmatous — producing a miasma
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- miraculous — performed by or involving a supernatural power or agency: a miraculous cure.
- misandrous — Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
- mischivous — Obsolete spelling of mischievous.
- misogynous — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- moliminous — ponderous or hugely important or significant
- mollitious — sensual and self-indulgent
- molluscous — any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.
- monandrous — of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
- monanthous — bearing one flower.
- monestrous — of or relating to a mammal that has one estrus period per breeding season, as the dog.
- monocerous — having one horn on the head
- monodomous — living as a community in a single nest, as certain ant colonies.
- monoecious — Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- monogamous — practicing or advocating monogamy.
- monogenous — monogenetic.
- monogynous — Having only one pistil.
- monomerous — consisting of one part.
- mononymous — Having a single-word name.