Words Ending In -OUS
A big list of words ending in -OUS, grouped by length. Useful for Scrabble hooks, crosswords, and rhymes.
444 words4-letter words (2)
nousyous
5-letter words (2)
piousthous
6-letter words (8)
bayousfamousjoyousmucousodiousporousserousvenous
7-letter words (48)
amorousanxiousaqueousarduousbiliousbulbousburnouscallouscitrouscopiouscuriousdeviousdubiousduteousenviousfatuousferrousfibrousfungousfuriousgaseousheinoushideoushoumousigneousimpiousjealousleprousnervousnoxiousobviousodorousominousonerouspiteouspompousraucousriotousruinousserioussinuoustedioustenuousvacuousvariousviciousviscouszealous
8-letter words (57)
bibulousbigamouscaptiouscaribouscautiouscovetousdecorousdesirousdextrousdolorousenormousexiguousfabulousgenerousgloriousgorgeousgraciousgrievoushumorousinfamouslibelousluminouslusciouslustrousmarabousmutinousnauseousnebulousnumerousperilouspopulouspreciouspreviousravenousresinousrigorousscabrousseduloussensuoussonorousspaciousspeciousspuriousstudioustimoroustortuoustuberousulcerousunctuoususuriousvalorousvaporousvenomousvigorousvirtuousvitreouswondrous
9-letter words (105)
acidulousambiguousambitiousamorphousanalogousanomalousanonymousassiduousatrociousaudaciousbarbarousbeauteousbounteousbumptiouscancerouscankerouscapaciouscavernousclamorouscongruousconsciouscourteouscredulouscretinousdangerousdeciduousdeliciousdeliriousdexterousegregiouserogenouserroneousfacetiousfeloniousferociousfractiousfrivolousgarrulousglamorousglutinoushazardoushilarioushumongoushumungousimperiousimpetuousincuriousingeniousingenuousinjuriousinnocuousinsidiousinvidiousjudiciouslaboriouslarcenouslecherouslibellouslitigiousludicrousluxuriousmaliciousmarvelousmelodiousmomentousmonstrousmurderousnefariousnotoriousobliviousobnoxiousofficiousoviparouspendulouspenuriousplenteouspoisonousponderousquerulousrancorousrapaciousrapturousreligiousrighteoussagacioussalacioussebaceousseditioussiliceoussiliciousslumbrousstrenuoussulfuroussumptuoustenacioustremuloustyrannousunanimousventurousveraciousverminousvexatiousvicariousvivaciousvoracious
10-letter words (109)
abstemiousadulterousamphibiousauspiciousautonomousavariciousbituminousboisterouscadaverouscalamitouscapriciouscensoriouschivalrouscircuitouscommodiousconiferouscontagiouscontiguouscontinuouscourageouscurvaceouscurvaciousdiaphanousdisastrousextraneousfactitiousfallaciousfastidiousfelicitousfictitiousfortuitousgangrenousgelatinousglamourousgluttonousgratuitousgregariousharmoniousherbaceoushorrendousidolatrousimperviousincautiousincestuousindecorousindigenousinfectiousingloriousiniquitouslanguorouslasciviousleguminouslibidinouslicentiousloquaciouslugubriousmalodorousmembranousmendaciousmeticulousmiraculousmonogamousmonotonousmysteriousnutritiousobsequiousoleaginousomnivorousoutrageousperfidiousperniciouspolygamousportentousposthumousprecariousprecociousprodigiouspropitiousprosperouspugnaciousrebelliousrendezvousridiculoussalubriousscandalousscrupulousscurrilousslanderousslumberoussolicitousspirituousstupendoussulphuroussuspicioussynonymousthunderoustraitoroustreasonoustremendoustumultuousubiquitousungraciousuproariousvictoriousvillainousviviparousvociferousvoluminousvoluptuous
11-letter words (55)
acrimoniousadventurousandrogynousblasphemouscacophonouscarnivorousceremoniousconspicuouscontentiousdeleteriousefficaciousexpeditiousfarinaceousfilamentousflirtatiousherbivoroushomogeneousignominiousillustriousimpecuniousincongruousincredulousindustriousinjudiciousintravenousirreligiousmagnanimousmellifluousmeritoriousmischievousmountainousnitrogenousodoriferousopprobriousoveranxiousoverzealousperspicuousprecipitousprestigiouspretentiouspromiscuouspunctiliousrepetitiousscrumptioussententiousspontaneoussuperfluoussynchronoustempestuoustendentioustreacheroustuberculousunambiguousunconsciousvertiginous
12-letter words (33)
advantageousadventitiousambidextrousasynchronouscantankerouscontemptuouscontumaciousdiscourteousdisingenuousdisputatiousinauspiciousinfelicitousmeretriciousmultifariousnonhazardousnonpoisonousobstreperousostentatiousovercautiousovergenerousparsimoniouspertinaciouspreposterouspresumptuousrambunctioussacrilegioussemiprecioussimultaneoussubconscioussubcutaneoussuperciliousunscrupulousvainglorious
13-letter words (22)
cartilaginousconscientiousdiscontinuousdisharmoniousheterogeneousinconspicuousinsectivorousinstantaneousmiscellaneousmultitudinousnoncontagiousoverambitiousperspicaciousplatitudinouspusillanimoussanctimonioussemiconsciousserendipitoussuperstitioussurreptitiousunceremoniousunpretentious
14-letter words (1)
extemporaneous
15-letter words (2)
contemporaneousdisadvantageous