14-letter words that end in us
- socioreligious — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of religious and social factors.
- spermatogenous — producing spermatozoa.
- staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stercoricolous — (of an organism) living in dung
- sterculiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sterculiaceae, a chiefly tropical family of plants that includes cacao and cola
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- strepsipterous — belonging or pertaining to the order Strepsiptera, comprising minute insects that are closely related to the beetles, the twisted-winged male being free-living and the wingless female parasitic in various insect hosts.
- subspontaneous — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superluxurious — extremely luxurious
- supposititious — fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- tetradactylous — having four fingers or toes.
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- transcutaneous — by way of or through the skin.
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- unostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
- unparsimonious — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- unpresumptuous — not presumptuous; modest
- valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
- vesa local bus — (hardware, standard) (VL, VLB) A local bus defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association, mostly used in personal computers based on the Intel 486. See also PCI.
- xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
- zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
- zinziberaceous — zingiberaceous.