Words that contain 'ri' and end in 'us'


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5 letter words

  • arius
  • prius
  • risus
  • ritus

6 letter words

  • darius
  • lorius
  • primus
  • ribhus
  • rictus
  • rimous
  • sirius

7 letter words

  • agrilus
  • arillus
  • brigous
  • carious
  • coriaus
  • curious
  • ebrious
  • ericius
  • euripus
  • furious
  • gyrinus
  • griphus
  • iridous
  • murinus
  • oriolus
  • priapus
  • prionus
  • ricinus
  • riotous
  • rivulus
  • serinus
  • serious
  • spurius
  • trismus
  • urinous
  • various

8 letter words

  • acrisius
  • agaricus
  • alterius
  • aquarius
  • attritus
  • briareus
  • cariacus
  • caribous
  • caricous
  • cyprinus
  • coprinus
  • corineus
  • cotarius
  • cribrous
  • cricetus
  • cricotus
  • denarius
  • detritus
  • emeritus
  • encrinus
  • glorious
  • grievous
  • griseous
  • irideous
  • iridious
  • yttrious
  • laborius
  • lorarius
  • octarius
  • ovarious
  • perilous
  • periplus
  • pyritous
  • pluribus
  • pruritus
  • putorius
  • rigorous
  • risorius
  • scarious
  • scorious
  • senarius
  • sicarius
  • spiritus
  • spurious
  • strigous

9 letter words

  • alacrious
  • arterious
  • atrichous
  • bifarious
  • bordarius
  • casuarius
  • cibarious
  • citrinous
  • criminous
  • cursorius
  • delirious
  • erianthus
  • erichthus
  • erinaceus
  • erithacus
  • fibrinous
  • filarious
  • firmarius
  • frivolous
  • furnarius
  • hybridous
  • hilarious
  • imperious
  • incurious
  • inebrious
  • injurious
  • iridoncus
  • irriguous
  • januarius
  • juridicus
  • laborious
  • lactarius
  • librarius
  • lubricous
  • lumbricus
  • lutarious
  • luxurious
  • malarious
  • marbrinus
  • memorious
  • mercurius
  • nefarious
  • notorious
  • ostiarius
  • pebrinous

10 letter words

  • acetarious
  • acinarious
  • aeriferous
  • agynarious
  • agricolous
  • agriotypus
  • airiferous
  • alacritous
  • amatorious
  • anandrious
  • anthriscus
  • arenarious
  • arietinous
  • ariocarpus
  • aristippus
  • asteriscus
  • auricomous
  • auriferous
  • aurigerous
  • aurivorous
  • avaricious
  • bacterious
  • barbarious
  • batocrinus
  • capricious
  • carucarius
  • celebrious
  • censorious
  • centriscus
  • cerianthus
  • ceriferous
  • cerigerous
  • charadrius
  • chlorinous
  • choriambus
  • coglorious
  • coriaceous
  • coriolanus
  • cursorious
  • dextrinous
  • ericaceous
  • ericineous
  • erinaceous
  • erythrinus
  • februarius

11 letter words

  • abecedarius
  • accessorius
  • acrimonious
  • adjutorious
  • antennarius
  • anticarious
  • antitrismus
  • argentarius
  • astriferous
  • balistarius
  • bassariscus
  • battarismus
  • burglarious
  • capricornus
  • caprigenous
  • caprimulgus
  • caricaceous
  • chloriambus
  • chondrinous
  • cineritious
  • cirriferous
  • cirrigerous
  • contrarious
  • cortinarius
  • criniferous
  • crinigerous
  • criniparous
  • crinivorous
  • cupriferous
  • dardanarius
  • deleterious
  • detrivorous
  • endocrinous
  • farinaceous
  • farinacious
  • febriferous
  • ferriferous
  • ferrivorous
  • fimetarious
  • floricomous
  • floriferous
  • floriparous
  • florivorous
  • fricandeaus
  • frigiferous

12 letter words

  • achariaceous
  • acridophagus
  • actinocrinus
  • adversarious
  • agaricaceous
  • agriochoerus
  • amberiferous
  • anandrarious
  • antiusurious
  • arboricolous
  • ascriptitius
  • athericerous
  • buccellarius
  • cancellarius
  • cancrivorous
  • cymotrichous
  • cyrillaceous
  • confessarius
  • cortinarious
  • criocephalus
  • desultorious
  • discriminous
  • doloriferous
  • elytriferous
  • elytrigerous
  • equilibrious
  • eriophyllous
  • esteriferous
  • fagopyrismus
  • foveolarious
  • fumariaceous
  • funariaceous
  • gastrilegous
  • grimmiaceous
  • griphosaurus
  • hederiferous
  • hemitrichous
  • hesperideous
  • hypotrichous
  • hystricismus
  • holotrichous
  • humiriaceous
  • immorigerous
  • innutritious
  • insalubrious

13 letter words

  • adscriptitius
  • amphitrichous
  • antheriferous
  • antivariolous
  • arteriopalmus
  • arteriovenous
  • ascriptitious
  • asperifolious
  • atrabilarious
  • bacteriaceous
  • calamiferious
  • calcariferous
  • cholerigenous
  • chondrigenous
  • choripetalous
  • choriphyllous
  • chorisepalous
  • cichoriaceous
  • clavariaceous
  • comburivorous
  • coriariaceous
  • cutleriaceous
  • demeritorious
  • detritivorous
  • electriferous
  • epacridaceous
  • ericeticolous
  • fibrinogenous
  • frumentarious
  • gastriloquous
  • gesneriaceous
  • gonochorismus
  • grossularious
  • hypericaceous
  • holosericeous
  • immeritorious
  • imperatorious
  • krameriaceous
  • lateriflorous
  • laterifolious
  • linearifolius
  • lissotrichous
  • lophotrichous
  • meristogenous
  • myriacanthous

14 letter words

  • adscriptitious
  • africanthropus
  • anticensorious
  • atrabiliarious
  • bacteriogenous
  • berberidaceous
  • caeremoniarius
  • calamariaceous
  • capparidaceous
  • casuarinaceous
  • chytridiaceous
  • cynomoriaceous
  • ditrichotomous
  • eriocaulaceous
  • eupatoriaceous
  • fibrilliferous
  • fringillaceous
  • gesticularious
  • heterotrichous
  • hyperhilarious
  • inquisitorious
  • integrifolious
  • intertriginous
  • isotrimorphous
  • laminariaceous
  • leitneriaceous
  • ludicroserious
  • margaritaceous
  • melanotrichous
  • myristicaceous
  • neurilemmatous
  • nidulariaceous
  • nondeleterious
  • nonfloriferous
  • nonindustrious
  • nonmeritorious
  • nonodoriferous
  • nonopprobrious
  • ostariophysous
  • overcensorious
  • overidolatrous
  • pectoriloquous
  • perfunctorious
  • peridiniaceous
  • proventriculus

15 letter words

  • bacillariaceous
  • bacteriophagous
  • bothriocephalus
  • caprifoliaceous
  • delesseriaceous
  • edriophthalmous
  • fimbrilliferous
  • fouquieriaceous
  • globulariaceous
  • hyperridiculous
  • lomentariaceous
  • margaritiferous
  • myristicivorous
  • monosporiferous
  • nonpyritiferous
  • nonsacrilegious
  • oscillariaceous
  • periligamentous
  • perisporiaceous
  • peristeropodous
  • phosphoriferous
  • polytrichaceous
  • pontederiaceous
  • preternotorious
  • pseudotrimerous
  • pteridospermous
  • pulchritudinous
  • quadragenarious
  • quadrigenarious
  • quadrisyllabous
  • satisfactorious
  • semiprimigenous
  • serioridiculous
  • sigillariaceous
  • symphoricarpous
  • superprecarious
  • supervictorious
  • supracensorious
  • suprasoriferous
  • tricotyledonous
  • trigonocephalus
  • triodontophorus
  • vagoaccessorius
  • verrucariaceous

16 letter words

  • calyptrimorphous
  • callitrichaceous
  • convallariaceous
  • flagellariaceous
  • grossulariaceous
  • haploperistomous
  • hedriophthalmous
  • hystricomorphous
  • ichthyophthirius
  • perissodactylous
  • prionodesmaceous
  • sphacelariaceous
  • superindustrious
  • teliosporiferous
  • tetrasporiferous
  • transcriptitious
  • trichostrongylus
  • trigonocephalous
  • uredosporiferous
  • vallisneriaceous

17 letter words

  • aploperistomatous
  • aristolochiaceous
  • dibothriocephalus
  • edriophthalmatous
  • fibrinoalbuminous
  • hydrocharidaceous
  • hydrocharitaceous
  • hypophyseoprivous
  • lentibulariaceous
  • myriotrichiaceous
  • myxobacteriaceous
  • oscillatoriaceous
  • peristeromorphous
  • scheuchzeriaceous
  • scrophulariaceous
  • tuberculariaceous

18 letter words

  • ceratopteridaceous
  • historicoreligious
  • membranocoriaceous
  • pseudosacrilegious
  • quadricotyledonous
  • teleutosporiferous
  • verisimilitudinous

19 letter words

  • hypocraterimorphous
  • saccharofarinaceous

21 letter words

  • chlamydobacteriaceous

In Scrabble, what's the best score possible using this list of words containing 'ri' and ending with 'us'?
With a considerable 940 entries, you should select 'aquarius' scoring 17 points overall.

How many characters does the biggest word on this list consist of?
The biggest word is 21 characters, which is 'chlamydobacteriaceous'.

Which word on this page is the most popular?
According to our database, the most common word in the dictionary that have 'ri' in and end with 'us' is 'various'!

How many words is it possible to make using this list?
You can pick from 940 entries.

Which is the most interesting word from this list?
Our favorite strange word from this page is 'cibarious'. The dictionary defines it as "Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson.".