Words that contain 'c' and end in 'lus'


With a copious amount of entries to choose from (220 entries), there's no shortage of options.

6 letter words

  • caelus
  • callus
  • cyclus
  • oculus

7 letter words

  • ancylus
  • baculus
  • camelus
  • carolus
  • cinclus
  • corylus
  • cuculus
  • cumulus
  • loculus
  • ocellus

8 letter words

  • abaculus
  • aesculus
  • apiculus
  • ascellus
  • bacillus
  • calculus
  • camellus
  • camillus
  • capillus
  • cervulus
  • cypselus
  • circulus
  • citellus
  • cocculus
  • corallus
  • crotalus
  • cucullus
  • dactylus
  • eteoclus
  • graculus
  • locellus
  • musculus
  • nucellus
  • pactolus
  • renculus
  • sacculus
  • scopelus
  • sulculus
  • surculus
  • torculus
  • urceolus

9 letter words

  • acephalus
  • acervulus
  • aculeolus
  • aeschylus
  • anacyclus
  • androclus
  • articulus
  • caliculus
  • calyculus
  • cancellus
  • capreolus
  • citrullus
  • clitellus
  • cultellus
  • cuniculus
  • flocculus
  • funiculus
  • graeculus
  • lienculus
  • monoculus
  • nucleolus
  • patroclus
  • pediculus
  • phacellus
  • reniculus
  • scamillus
  • scyphulus
  • scrupulus
  • syncellus
  • sphacelus
  • trochilus
  • utriculus
  • vesiculus

10 letter words

  • bucephalus
  • cauliculus
  • cirratulus
  • claviculus
  • colliculus
  • crocodilus
  • crocodylus
  • dicephalus
  • didunculus
  • discobolus
  • dolicholus
  • ectromelus
  • fasciculus
  • fonticulus
  • furunculus
  • homunculus
  • micromelus
  • monticulus
  • pachytylus
  • panniculus
  • pedicellus
  • pedunculus
  • phocomelus
  • ponticulus
  • ranunculus
  • renunculus
  • scalpellus
  • sipunculus
  • splenculus
  • versiculus

11 letter words

  • acidophilus
  • acromphalus
  • alticamelus
  • altocumulus
  • bronchiolus
  • campephilus
  • canaliculus
  • centunculus
  • cnidoscolus
  • convolvulus
  • craterellus
  • dracunculus
  • falcinellus
  • falcunculus
  • hydrocaulus
  • microvillus
  • pectunculus
  • phoeniculus
  • precalculus
  • principulus
  • rhizocaulus
  • sarcophilus
  • scrobiculus
  • syncephalus
  • syndactylus
  • siphunculus
  • tricephalus
  • ventriculus
  • verticillus

12 letter words

  • anencephalus
  • cantharellus
  • caryophyllus
  • cephalomelus
  • cerebratulus
  • cynocephalus
  • cirrocumulus
  • conocephalus
  • criocephalus
  • exencephalus
  • gyrodactylus
  • hectocotylus
  • hemidactylus
  • hypocephalus
  • interloculus
  • microphallus
  • nanocephalus
  • ogcocephalus
  • ophicephalus
  • paracephalus
  • peracephalus
  • perocephalus
  • perodactylus
  • polydactylus
  • porocephalus
  • pseudocellus
  • schistomelus
  • splenunculus
  • thiobacillus
  • thoracomelus

13 letter words

  • acrosphacelus
  • amblycephalus
  • arctocephalus
  • bardocucullus
  • chamecephalus
  • clinocephalus
  • coccobacillus
  • ctenocephalus
  • derencephalus
  • diplobacillus
  • diplocephalus
  • endonucleolus
  • fractocumulus
  • hydrocephalus
  • hoplocephalus
  • lactobacillus
  • leptocephalus
  • leptodactylus
  • macrocephalus
  • microcephalus
  • notencephalus
  • oreotrochilus
  • paraflocculus
  • platycephalus
  • porencephalus
  • pterodactylus
  • stratocumulus

14 letter words

  • actinobacillus
  • contrastimulus
  • dikelocephalus
  • globiocephalus
  • hydrencephalus
  • mammatocumulus
  • micrencephalus
  • pneumobacillus
  • proventriculus
  • scaphocephalus
  • trichocephalus
  • trochocephalus
  • xanthocephalus

15 letter words

  • anomalocephalus
  • bothriocephalus
  • counterstimulus
  • ornithocephalus
  • pseudencephalus
  • pseudonucleolus
  • schistocephalus
  • streptobacillus
  • trigonocephalus

16 letter words

  • saccharobacillus
  • trichostrongylus

17 letter words

  • dibothriocephalus
  • eleutherodactylus

Which word in particular from this list contains the highest number of characters?
There are 17 characters in the word 'dibothriocephalus', making it the longest word Dictionarypedia has.

Is there an example word from this page of word that has 'c' in and ends with 'lus' that could be deemed as interesting?
We feel 'cucullus' to be the most peculiar word on this page. The common definition of 'cucullus' is as follows: "1. (Bot.) A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals. 2. (Zoöl.) A color marking or structure on the head somewhat resembling a hood.". Credit goes to Cambridge Dictionary.

In total, how many words are possible to make using this list?
From this list of words containing 'c' and ending with 'lus', you have 220 combinations which can be selected.

What is the highest possible score you can get in Scrabble using this list of words that contain 'c' and end in 'lus'?
Given there are a considerable 220 entries, it's best to go for 'cypselus' scoring 15 points overall.

Which word on this page is the most common?
The most well-known word for your request is 'calculus'.