Words ending in OUS
Words that end with the letters OUS, commonest first, from the SCOWL British English word list. Narrow the list by word length.
2,602 words match. Showing the 300 commonest — narrow it with a length or a second letter below.
- simultaneous
- continuous
- mysterious
- ridiculous
- ambiguous
- anonymous
- dangerous
- religious
- enormous
- numerous
- previous
- curious
- dubious
- nervous
- obvious
- serious
- tedious
- various
- famous
- miscellaneous
- advantageous
- asynchronous
- adventurous
- conspicuous
- contentious
- pretentious
- spontaneous
- superfluous
- unambiguous
- unconscious
- disastrous
- extraneous
- fallacious
- gratuitous
- horrendous
- marvellous
- miraculous
- outrageous
- suspicious
- synonymous
- tremendous
- ambitious
- analogous
- conscious
- delicious
- erroneous
- frivolous
- hilarious
- ingenious
- insidious
- ludicrous
- malicious
- notorious
- obnoxious
- generous
- glorious
- gorgeous
- humorous
- infamous
- precious
- rigorous
- spurious
- wondrous
- anxious
- devious
- fatuous
- hideous
- jealous
- pompous
- vicious
- thous
- disadvantageous
- extemporaneous
- conscientious
- heterogeneous
- inconspicuous
- instantaneous
- sanctimonious
- superstitious
- surreptitious
- ambidextrous
- cantankerous
- contemptuous
- discourteous
- disingenuous
- inauspicious
- ostentatious
- preposterous
- presumptuous
- sacrilegious
- subconscious
- unscrupulous
- acrimonious
- blasphemous
- carnivorous
- ceremonious
- deleterious
- flirtatious
- herbivorous
- homogeneous
- illustrious
- incongruous
- incredulous
- industrious
- intravenous
- magnanimous
- mischievous
- mountainous
- precipitous
- prestigious
- promiscuous
- repetitious
- synchronous
- tempestuous
- treacherous
- amphibious
- auspicious
- autonomous
- avaricious
- boisterous
- capricious
- chivalrous
- circuitous
- coniferous
- contagious
- contiguous
- courageous
- fastidious
- fictitious
- fortuitous
- gregarious
- harmonious
- impervious
- incestuous
- indigenous
- infectious
- languorous
- lascivious
- meticulous
- monogamous
- monotonous
- nutritious
- pernicious
- polygamous
- posthumous
- precarious
- precocious
- prodigious
- prosperous
- pugnacious
- rebellious
- rendezvous
- scandalous
- scrupulous
- scurrilous
- solicitous
- stupendous
- thunderous
- traitorous
- tumultuous
- ubiquitous
- victorious
- villainous
- vociferous
- voluminous
- voluptuous
- amorphous
- anomalous
- atrocious
- audacious
- barbarous
- courteous
- credulous
- cretinous
- deciduous
- delirious
- dexterous
- facetious
- ferocious
- garrulous
- glamorous
- hazardous
- impetuous
- injurious
- innocuous
- judicious
- laborious
- libellous
- luxurious
- melodious
- momentous
- monstrous
- murderous
- oblivious
- officious
- poisonous
- ponderous
- rancorous
- rapturous
- righteous
- strenuous
- sumptuous
- tenacious
- unanimous
- vicarious
- vivacious
- voracious
- bigamous
- caribous
- cautious
- covetous
- decorous
- desirous
- fabulous
- gracious
- grievous
- luminous
- luscious
- lustrous
- mutinous
- nauseous
- nebulous
- perilous
- populous
- ravenous
- sensuous
- sonorous
- spacious
- specious
- studious
- tortuous
- venomous
- vigorous
- virtuous
- amorous
- arduous
- bulbous
- callous
- copious
- envious
- furious
- gaseous
- heinous
- noxious
- ominous
- onerous
- piteous
- raucous
- riotous
- ruinous
- tenuous
- vacuous
- zealous
- bayous
- joyous
- mucous
- odious
- porous
- pious
- yous
- rambunctious
- semiprecious
- idolatrous
- lugubrious
- propitious
- egregious
- fractious
- lecherous
- fibrous
- leprous
- viscous
- contemporaneous
- cartilaginous
- discontinuous
- disharmonious
- insectivorous
- multitudinous
- noncontagious
- overambitious
- perspicacious
- platitudinous
- pusillanimous
- semiconscious
- serendipitous
- unceremonious
- unpretentious
- adventitious
- contumacious
- disputatious
- infelicitous
- meretricious
- multifarious
- nonhazardous
- nonpoisonous
- obstreperous
- overcautious
- overgenerous
- parsimonious
- pertinacious
- subcutaneous
The full set is 2,602 words. This page shows the 300 commonest because a page that emits all of them is a megabyte of text nobody scrolls.