14-letter words that end in us
- cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cyclostomatous — having a circular mouth.
- depth of focus — the amount by which the distance between the camera lens and the film can be altered without the resulting image appearing blurred
- diamantiferous — (usually of geographical regions) producing or bearing diamonds
- diamondiferous — containing or yielding diamonds for mining.
- dicotyledonous — belonging or pertaining to the Dicotyledoneae; having two cotyledons.
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- dioscoreaceous — of or relating to the Dioscoreaceae family of monocotyledonous plants that includes the yam (genus Dioscurea)
- diplostemonous — having two whorls of stamens, with the outer whorl opposite the sepals and the inner whorl opposite the petals.
- dipterocarpous — (of a tree) belonging to the genus Dipterocarpus or the family Dipterocarpaceae
- disadventurous — unlucky or disastrous
- doctor faustus — (The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- earned surplus — retained earnings.
- ecclesiasticus — a book of the Apocrypha. Abbreviation: Ecclus.
- emprosthotonus — (medicine) A condition in which the body is bent sharply forward.
- enantiostylous — in the manner of enantiostyly
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
- extraforaneous — (nonce, archaic) outdoor.
- fabius maximus — (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus"Cunctator") 275–203 b.c, Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.
- fire apparatus — equipment for extinguishing destructive fires.
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- foraminiferous — Having small openings, or foramina.
- front side bus — (hardware) (FSB) The bus via which a processor communicates with its RAM and chipset; one half of the Dual Independent Bus (the other half being the backside bus). The L2 cache is usually on the FSB, unless it is on the same chip as the processor [example?]. In PCI systems, the PCI bus runs at half the FSB speed. Altering the FSB speed and the multiplier ratio are the two main ways of overclocking processors.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- giganotosaurus — Any of several very large, carnivorous dinosaurs of the subfamily Giganotosaurinae, from the Cretaceous period.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation