11-letter words that end in ous
- cornigerous — horned
- corticolous — living or growing on the surface of bark
- coterminous — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crinigerous — having hair; hairy
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crustaceous — forming, resembling, or possessing a surrounding crust or shell
- culmicolous — (of a fungus) growing on grass culms.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cunctatious — addicted to or prone to cunctation
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- cycadaceous — belonging or pertaining to the order Cycadales.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disasterous — Misspelling of disastrous.
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- disquietous — causing disquiet
- dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- duplicitous — marked or characterized by duplicity.
- efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- endogeneous — Alternative spelling of endogenous.
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- epignathous — having a protruding upper jaw
- epipetalous — (of stamens) attached to the petals
- epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
- episepalous — growing upon a sepal
- eriophorous — relating to cotton grass
- euryoecious — (of an organism) able to live under variable conditions
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- expeditious — Done with speed and efficiency.
- exsanguious — Destitute of blood.
- fabulicious — (slang) Exceptionally fabulous and appealing.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fantabulous — extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- febriferous — producing fever.