Words that start with 'l' and contain 'ous'


With an avalanche of choice (309 entries), the sky's your limit.

5 letter words

  • louse
  • lousy

6 letter words

  • limous
  • linous
  • loused
  • louses
  • lupous

7 letter words

  • lentous
  • leprous
  • leucous
  • lignous
  • limbous
  • lithous
  • lousier
  • lousily
  • lousing
  • louster
  • lucrous
  • luteous

8 letter words

  • laborous
  • lacteous
  • lagopous
  • laminous
  • largeous
  • lazarous
  • libelous
  • licorous
  • ligneous
  • likerous
  • limousin
  • lymphous
  • liparous
  • lobulous
  • loculous
  • lousiest
  • lumbrous
  • luminous
  • lungeous
  • lupinous
  • luscious
  • lustrous

9 letter words

  • laborious
  • lacinious
  • langouste
  • lapideous
  • larcenous
  • lathhouse
  • leavenous
  • lecherous
  • leprously
  • libellous
  • lichenous
  • lickerous
  • lilaceous
  • limaceous
  • limehouse
  • limousine
  • linaceous
  • lyomerous
  • lirellous
  • litigious
  • lixivious
  • lobscouse
  • longevous
  • longhouse
  • lousewort
  • lousiness
  • lubricous
  • ludicrous
  • lugubrous
  • lutaceous
  • lutarious
  • luteolous
  • luxurious

10 letter words

  • laborously
  • lachrymous
  • lactarious
  • lagopodous
  • lamiaceous
  • languorous
  • laniferous
  • lanigerous
  • lanuginous
  • lappaceous
  • lardaceous
  • lascivious
  • lauraceous
  • lautitious
  • leguleious
  • leguminous
  • lemnaceous
  • levogyrous
  • libelously
  • libidinous
  • librarious
  • licentious
  • lighthouse
  • liliaceous
  • limicolous
  • limivorous
  • limousines
  • lipoferous
  • lipogenous
  • lipomatous
  • lipoxenous
  • lysigenous
  • loasaceous
  • lobigerous
  • lobscouser
  • lomatinous
  • loquacious
  • louseberry
  • lubricious
  • luciferous
  • lucifugous
  • ludibrious
  • lugubrious
  • luminously
  • lupulinous

11 letter words

  • laboriously
  • lactiferous
  • lactifluous
  • lactigenous
  • lactigerous
  • lactivorous
  • laeotropous
  • laevogyrous
  • lanciferous
  • laniflorous
  • lapeirousia
  • larcenously
  • larvicolous
  • larvigerous
  • larviparous
  • larvivorous
  • lasianthous
  • latericeous
  • lateritious
  • latifolious
  • laxiflorous
  • laxifolious
  • lecherously
  • leggiadrous
  • lennoaceous
  • lentigerous
  • lentiginous
  • lepromatous
  • leprousness
  • leptochrous
  • leskeaceous
  • lethiferous
  • leucanthous
  • leucomatous
  • libellously
  • ligamentous
  • lighthouses
  • lignicolous
  • ligniferous
  • lignivorous
  • limbiferous
  • linguacious
  • lyopomatous
  • lithodomous
  • lithogenous

12 letter words

  • laborousness
  • lacklustrous
  • lactiflorous
  • ladanigerous
  • lagomorphous
  • laminiferous
  • languorously
  • lapidicolous
  • lasciviously
  • lasiocarpous
  • laticiferous
  • latirostrous
  • latitudinous
  • lecideaceous
  • leiophyllous
  • leiotrichous
  • leptodermous
  • leucocarpous
  • libaniferous
  • libidinously
  • licentiously
  • lichenaceous
  • ligniperdous
  • limnophilous
  • lymphogenous
  • lymphomatous
  • lipoceratous
  • lysigenously
  • litholatrous
  • lithophagous
  • lithophilous
  • lithophytous
  • lobeliaceous
  • lodginghouse
  • loganiaceous
  • lomentaceous
  • loquaciously
  • louseberries
  • lubriciously
  • luciferously
  • lugubriously
  • luminiferous
  • luminousness
  • lusciousness
  • lustrousness

13 letter words

  • labidophorous
  • laboriousness
  • laemodipodous
  • lamelliferous
  • larcenousness
  • lateriflorous
  • laterifolious
  • lecanoraceous
  • lecherousness
  • leiocephalous
  • leiodermatous
  • leiomyomatous
  • lentitudinous
  • lepidopterous
  • leptophyllous
  • leptostracous
  • leucomelanous
  • leucophyllous
  • leucospermous
  • libanophorous
  • lycanthropous
  • lichenicolous
  • lichenivorous
  • lyencephalous
  • ligamentously
  • lighthouseman
  • lignitiferous
  • liguliflorous
  • linguliferous
  • liquidogenous
  • lissotrichous
  • lithophyllous
  • lithospermous
  • litigiousness
  • loculamentous
  • lophiostomous
  • lophotrichous
  • loranthaceous
  • lotophagously
  • ludicrousness
  • luxuriousness

14 letter words

  • labiatiflorous
  • lamellicornous
  • laminariaceous
  • languorousness
  • lanuginousness
  • lasciviousness
  • lecythidaceous
  • leitneriaceous
  • lepidophyllous
  • lepospondylous
  • leptocephalous
  • leptodactylous
  • leptodermatous
  • leptoprosopous
  • leucodermatous
  • libidinousness
  • licentiousness
  • lycoperdaceous
  • lycopodiaceous
  • limnanthaceous
  • loquaciousness
  • lubriciousness
  • luciferousness
  • ludicroserious
  • lugubriousness

15 letter words

  • lactiferousness
  • leontocephalous
  • libanotophorous
  • linguaciousness
  • lissencephalous
  • lomentariaceous
  • lucriferousness
  • luctiferousness

16 letter words

  • laboulbeniaceous
  • lardizabalaceous
  • lienomyelogenous
  • lymphangiomatous

17 letter words

  • lentibulariaceous
  • lepidodendraceous
  • lymphosarcomatous

19 letter words

  • lymphogranulomatous

Which word that starts with 'l' and includes 'ous' is the most common word?
Ranking as the 9412th most popular word, you'll want to ensure you've got 'luxurious' memorized.

How many words are possible to make using the specified combination?
On this page of words starting with 'l' that contain 'ous', Dictionarypedia has discovered 309 brilliant entries which can be selected.

How many letters does the longest word from this page consist of?
The longest word one could derive from the specified combination is 'lymphogranulomatous', and it consists of 19 characters.

What's an interesting word on this list?
Ranking as the most peculiar word on this page is 'languorous'. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'languorous' means "Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. Or Poetic] Whom late I left in languorous constraint. Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. Tennyson.".

In Scrabble, what's the best score you can get from words starting with 'l' that contain 'ous'?
Since there are an overwhelming 309 entries, you'll want to pick 'lymphous' which scores 18 points overall.