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9-letter words that end in ous

  • moraceous — belonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants.
  • murderous — of the nature of or involving murder: a murderous deed.
  • murmurous — abounding in or characterized by murmurs.
  • musaceous — belonging to the Musaceae, the banana family of plants.
  • myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
  • naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
  • nectarous — of the nature of or resembling nectar.
  • nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.
  • nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
  • negotious — Engaged in negotiation; Occupied with a conversation.
  • neotenous — Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
  • nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
  • nonparous — having borne no children.
  • nonporous — full of pores.
  • nonvenous — not involving, related to, or caused by veins or the venous system
  • notorious — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
  • nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
  • numberous — Obsolete form of numerous.
  • oblivious — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • obnoxious — highly objectionable or offensive; odious: obnoxious behavior.
  • obsidious — (rare) besieging; besetting, obsessional.
  • occiduous — Western; occidental.
  • odiferous — Odoriferous; smelly.
  • officious — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
  • oleaceous — belonging to the Oleaceae, the olive family of plants.
  • oraculous — resembling an oracle
  • oviferous — bearing eggs.
  • oviparous — producing eggs that mature and hatch after being expelled from the body, as birds, most reptiles and fishes, and the monotremes.
  • palladous — of or containing bivalent palladium.
  • panderous — resembling a pander
  • parecious — paroicous.
  • paroicous — (of certain mosses) having the male and female reproductive organs beside or near each other.
  • pecunious — having plenty of money; wealthy
  • pendulous — hanging down loosely: pendulous blossoms.
  • penurious — extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
  • pesterous — having a propensity to pester, annoy, or to be trying
  • pinaceous — belonging to the plant family Pinaceae.
  • pirithoüs — a prince of the Lapiths, who accomplished many great deeds with his friend Theseus
  • pituitous — mucous.
  • platinous — containing bivalent platinum.
  • plenteous — plentiful; copious; abundant: a plenteous supply of food.
  • plumbeous — resembling or containing lead; leaden.
  • poisonous — full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
  • pomaceous — of, relating to, or of the nature of pomes.
  • ponderous — of great weight; heavy; massive.
  • posticous — hinder; posterior.
  • prescious — prescient
  • prisonous — resembling a prison
  • pudendous — shameful
  • pulverous — consisting of tiny particles
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