Words that contain 'u' and end in 'ous'


With a myriad of choices (2,109 entries), there's a huge amount of options to pick from.

6 letter words

  • aumous
  • aurous
  • dumous
  • durous
  • eurous
  • fucous
  • fumous
  • humous
  • lupous
  • mucous
  • rudous
  • rufous
  • rugous
  • ulmous
  • uncous
  • uveous

7 letter words

  • anurous
  • aqueous
  • arduous
  • aureous
  • azurous
  • biduous
  • boubous
  • brumous
  • bulbous
  • bullous
  • burnous
  • buxeous
  • ceduous
  • cuprous
  • curious
  • curvous
  • doutous
  • dubious
  • duteous
  • emulous
  • estuous
  • fatuous
  • fulvous
  • fungous
  • furious
  • fuscous
  • glumous
  • grugous
  • grumous
  • gummous
  • houmous
  • hugeous
  • juncous
  • leucous
  • lucrous
  • luteous
  • nocuous
  • plumous
  • pulpous
  • raucous
  • routous
  • rubious
  • ruinous
  • sexuous
  • sinuous

8 letter words

  • abusious
  • acaulous
  • aduncous
  • aestuous
  • amurcous
  • angulous
  • anourous
  • ardurous
  • augurous
  • auntrous
  • azureous
  • bibulous
  • bijugous
  • bournous
  • butyrous
  • caducous
  • cautious
  • cernuous
  • cinurous
  • couscous
  • croupous
  • cumbrous
  • cumulous
  • cupreous
  • curteous
  • defluous
  • doubtous
  • eutomous
  • exiguous
  • exuccous
  • fabulous
  • faculous
  • fastuous
  • flatuous
  • flexuous
  • fluvious
  • futilous
  • glaucous
  • hamulous
  • humorous
  • incubous
  • iniquous
  • juberous
  • lobulous
  • loculous

9 letter words

  • acidulous
  • acuminous
  • alburnous
  • alluvious
  • aluminous
  • ambiguous
  • anomurous
  • arenulous
  • assiduous
  • astucious
  • astutious
  • audacious
  • autecious
  • autoecous
  • autoicous
  • beauteous
  • beneurous
  • bifurcous
  • bisexuous
  • bounteous
  • brunneous
  • bumptious
  • burdenous
  • buxaceous
  • calculous
  • cautelous
  • cellulous
  • ceruleous
  • columbous
  • congruous
  • coumarous
  • courteous
  • crapulous
  • credulous
  • cruentous
  • cumaceous
  • cutaneous
  • deciduous
  • dentulous
  • dividuous
  • eburneous
  • eruginous
  • eucarpous
  • euchymous
  • eulogious

10 letter words

  • adulterous
  • aeruginous
  • affectuous
  • albuminous
  • alutaceous
  • alviducous
  • anguineous
  • anguishous
  • aquicolous
  • aquiferous
  • aquiparous
  • asperulous
  • aspiculous
  • auricomous
  • auriferous
  • aurigerous
  • aurivorous
  • auspicious
  • autoecious
  • autogamous
  • autogenous
  • autologous
  • automatous
  • autonomous
  • autotomous
  • biangulous
  • bicornuous
  • bismuthous
  • bituminous
  • blubberous
  • blusterous
  • bulbaceous
  • butcherous
  • cacuminous
  • calumnious
  • ceruminous
  • chunderous
  • circuitous
  • clamourous
  • contiguous
  • continuous
  • conumerous
  • courageous
  • cupidinous
  • cursorious

11 letter words

  • acetabulous
  • adjutorious
  • adventurous
  • albugineous
  • alumiferous
  • aluniferous
  • anfractuous
  • apneumonous
  • arundineous
  • assumptious
  • authigenous
  • autocarpous
  • autogenuous
  • autophagous
  • autophonous
  • betulaceous
  • bicolourous
  • bisiliquous
  • brachyurous
  • bulbiferous
  • burglarious
  • butyraceous
  • butomaceous
  • calcifugous
  • campanulous
  • carduaceous
  • carunculous
  • caulicolous
  • cauliferous
  • cauligenous
  • caulivorous
  • cavernulous
  • chylaqueous
  • chymaqueous
  • clusiaceous
  • coenaculous
  • combustious
  • concubitous
  • conspicuous
  • corruptious
  • cruciferous
  • crucigerous
  • crustaceous
  • culmicolous
  • culmiferous

12 letter words

  • aeluropodous
  • aesculaceous
  • altitudinous
  • amphineurous
  • ampullaceous
  • anguliferous
  • animalculous
  • antisensuous
  • antistrumous
  • antiusurious
  • aqueoigneous
  • arundiferous
  • auxochromous
  • baculiferous
  • bivoluminous
  • branchiurous
  • burseraceous
  • butteraceous
  • cauliflorous
  • caulocarpous
  • chylocaulous
  • circumfluous
  • circumsinous
  • columbaceous
  • compunctious
  • contemptuous
  • contumacious
  • contumelious
  • corpusculous
  • cunoniaceous
  • cupuliferous
  • cuscutaceous
  • deglutitious
  • desultorious
  • dipneumonous
  • discourteous
  • disingenuous
  • disputatious
  • ecrustaceous
  • equilibrious
  • equipondious
  • eurygnathous
  • eurythermous
  • euthyneurous
  • exalbuminous

13 letter words

  • aluminiferous
  • amplitudinous
  • anisopleurous
  • anticalculous
  • arundinaceous
  • atroceruleous
  • aulacocarpous
  • aurantiaceous
  • autocephalous
  • autochthonous
  • autopoisonous
  • blandiloquous
  • capsuliferous
  • capsuligerous
  • capsulogenous
  • caulerpaceous
  • celluliferous
  • cerumniparous
  • cirrocumulous
  • cladautoicous
  • cocculiferous
  • cogitabundous
  • columbiferous
  • columniferous
  • comburivorous
  • conductitious
  • crassulaceous
  • cryptoneurous
  • cupressineous
  • cutleriaceous
  • deuterotokous
  • discontiguous
  • discontinuous
  • equiponderous
  • equisetaceous
  • eurycephalous
  • eurystomatous
  • exsanguineous
  • extrasensuous
  • filibusterous
  • filipendulous
  • fortitudinous
  • frumentaceous
  • frumentarious
  • funipendulous

14 letter words

  • albuminiferous
  • albuminiparous
  • albuminogenous
  • angustifolious
  • anteposthumous
  • antiscrofulous
  • aquifoliaceous
  • argumentatious
  • autoallogamous
  • bismuthiferous
  • bituminiferous
  • blandiloquious
  • brunelliaceous
  • bulbocavernous
  • burmanniaceous
  • campanulaceous
  • campulitropous
  • casuarinaceous
  • cellulofibrous
  • ceruminiferous
  • chiastoneurous
  • consanguineous
  • cucurbitaceous
  • disadventurous
  • discountinuous
  • epituberculous
  • equicontinuous
  • eriocaulaceous
  • eucryphiaceous
  • eupatoriaceous
  • euphorbiaceous
  • extracutaneous
  • filoplumaceous
  • gesticulacious
  • gesticularious
  • glanduliferous
  • glanduligerous
  • glauconiferous
  • glaucophyllous
  • hydrosulfurous
  • hyposulphurous
  • infructiferous
  • inquisitorious
  • intercutaneous
  • intracutaneous

15 letter words

  • acetabuliferous
  • angulatogibbous
  • angulatosinuous
  • antituberculous
  • atrosanguineous
  • bulbomembranous
  • circumambagious
  • circumforaneous
  • convolvulaceous
  • cubitocutaneous
  • deuteranomalous
  • euryprognathous
  • flacourtiaceous
  • fluorescigenous
  • fouquieriaceous
  • fuchsinophilous
  • globulariaceous
  • hydrosulphurous
  • hypermiraculous
  • hyperridiculous
  • hyperscrupulous
  • hypervoluminous
  • manslaughterous
  • mucosanguineous
  • noncontemptuous
  • noncontumacious
  • nondisingenuous
  • nondisputatious
  • nonmucilaginous
  • nonsubconscious
  • nonviruliferous
  • paratuberculous
  • paurometabolous
  • pinguiculaceous
  • plumbaginaceous
  • pneumatophorous
  • pneumonophorous
  • pseudaposporous
  • pseudocourteous
  • pseudoreligious
  • pseudostomatous
  • pseudotrimerous
  • pulchritudinous
  • quadragenarious
  • quadrigenarious

16 letter words

  • autocoprophagous
  • cellulocutaneous
  • circumterraneous
  • collumelliaceous
  • deuterostomatous
  • equitemporaneous
  • grossulariaceous
  • inguinocutaneous
  • laboulbeniaceous
  • mucosocalcareous
  • musculocutaneous
  • musculotendinous
  • nervosanguineous
  • neurorthopterous
  • nonplatitudinous
  • overpresumptuous
  • phytosuccivorous
  • piceoferruginous
  • pleurenchymatous
  • pleurocapsaceous
  • pleurococcaceous
  • polypseudonymous
  • pseudepigraphous
  • pseudofoliaceous
  • pseudomembranous
  • pseudomiraculous
  • pseudoprosperous
  • sanguineobilious
  • spinotuberculous
  • stackhousiaceous
  • subcarboniferous
  • subcartilaginous
  • submembranaceous
  • subumbelliferous
  • sulphantimonious
  • sulphosulphurous
  • sulphureonitrous
  • superceremonious
  • superindustrious
  • tourmaliniferous
  • ulceromembranous
  • ultraceremonious
  • ultraexpeditious
  • uncontradictious
  • uredosporiferous

17 letter words

  • eleutheropetalous
  • eleutherophyllous
  • eleutherosepalous
  • fibrinoalbuminous
  • intertranspicuous
  • jungermanniaceous
  • lentibulariaceous
  • mastoideosquamous
  • musculomembranous
  • oversuperstitious
  • pseudotetramerous
  • pseudotuberculous
  • salinosulphureous
  • scheuchzeriaceous
  • scrophulariaceous
  • serratoglandulous
  • silicoferruginous
  • squamatogranulous
  • sulphoantimonious
  • sulphophosphorous
  • tuberculariaceous
  • uncontemporaneous
  • undisadvantageous
  • vesiculocavernous

18 letter words

  • argilloferruginous
  • calcareobituminous
  • calcareosulphurous
  • musculoligamentous
  • papuloerythematous
  • pseudoambidextrous
  • pseudoneuropterous
  • pseudosacrilegious
  • quadricotyledonous
  • teleutosporiferous
  • tuberculatogibbous
  • tuberculatospinous
  • ultraconscientious
  • verisimilitudinous

19 letter words

  • autobasidiomycetous
  • lymphogranulomatous
  • pseudocartilaginous
  • pseudoerysipelatous
  • scrofulotuberculous
  • subdolichocephalous

20 letter words

  • pseudoparenchymatous
  • saccharomucilaginous

22 letter words

  • pseudomonocotyledonous

In total, how many words are available using the combination of letters specified?
You can make 2,109 words with the specified combination.

What is the most common word that has 'u' in and ends with 'ous' in the dictionary?
Rating as the 1357th most popular word, you will want to ensure that you've got 'curious' in your repertoire.

What is the best score you could get in Scrabble using this list of words that have 'u' in and end with 'ous'?
As there are an enormous 2,109 entries, it's best to go for 'xiphuous' which scores 20 points in total.

Which word in particular from this list has the highest letter count?
The biggest word found by our team is 'pseudomonocotyledonous'. It is made up 22 letters.

Is there a specific word from this page of word that has 'u' in and ends with 'ous' which could be considered as unusual?
Our team feel 'unctious' to be the most weird word you can assemble. According to the dictionary, 'unctious' is defined as "Unctuous. [Obs.]".