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


With so many combinations to choose from (1,028 entries), there's no shortage of options.

5 letter words

  • pious
  • pousy

6 letter words

  • parous
  • pilous
  • poyous
  • porous
  • pouser
  • pousse

7 letter words

  • pappous
  • parlous
  • pectous
  • petrous
  • piceous
  • pileous
  • piously
  • piteous
  • plumous
  • pompous
  • poussie
  • poussin
  • poustie
  • pravous
  • psorous
  • pulpous

8 letter words

  • pabulous
  • palouser
  • paludous
  • papulous
  • parousia
  • pascuous
  • patinous
  • patulous
  • perilous
  • pervious
  • petalous
  • phyllous
  • phousdar
  • piehouse
  • pylorous
  • pilulous
  • pimplous
  • pyritous
  • pyrrhous
  • plumbous
  • plumeous
  • pluvious
  • poaceous
  • polypous
  • populous
  • porously
  • porteous
  • porulous
  • pothouse
  • potorous
  • poussies
  • precious
  • premious
  • prepious
  • previous
  • pruinous
  • psammous
  • pulicous

9 letter words

  • packhouse
  • palaceous
  • palladous
  • pamaceous
  • panderous
  • pangamous
  • papillous
  • parecious
  • parlously
  • paroicous
  • peathouse
  • pebrinous
  • pectinous
  • pecunious
  • peelhouse
  • pendulous
  • penthouse
  • penurious
  • perjurous
  • pesterous
  • pesthouse
  • pinaceous
  • pyogenous
  • piousness
  • piteously
  • pituitous
  • playhouse
  • platinous
  • platurous
  • plenteous
  • plumbeous
  • pockhouse
  • podagrous
  • poisonous
  • pomaceous
  • pompously
  • ponderous
  • poorhouse
  • porthouse
  • posthouse
  • posticous
  • pothousey
  • pothouses
  • poussette
  • prasinous

10 letter words

  • pachyotous
  • palaverous
  • paleaceous
  • palladious
  • palmaceous
  • paludinous
  • pamphagous
  • panhygrous
  • panivorous
  • papaverous
  • paroecious
  • paronymous
  • patulously
  • pediculous
  • pediferous
  • pedigerous
  • pedimanous
  • pellagrous
  • pemphigous
  • pennaceous
  • penthoused
  • penthouses
  • penumbrous
  • perfidious
  • periculous
  • perigynous
  • perilously
  • peritomous
  • perivenous
  • perjurious
  • perlaceous
  • pernicious
  • peromelous
  • peropodous
  • perspicous
  • perviously
  • petroleous
  • phaseolous
  • phenicious
  • phocaceous
  • pygopodous
  • piliferous
  • piligerous
  • pylorouses
  • pilothouse

11 letter words

  • pachypodous
  • pachysomous
  • palmicolous
  • palmiferous
  • palmivorous
  • palpiferous
  • palpigerous
  • pangamously
  • papayaceous
  • papyraceous
  • papyritious
  • papolatrous
  • pappiferous
  • pareciously
  • parlousness
  • pathogenous
  • pauropodous
  • pedestrious
  • pedetentous
  • pedipalpous
  • peltiferous
  • peltigerous
  • penaeaceous
  • pendulously
  • penniferous
  • pennigerous
  • pentagynous
  • pentamerous
  • pentandrous
  • penthousing
  • penuriously
  • peptogenous
  • periacinous
  • perichylous
  • periosteous
  • peripterous
  • perisarcous
  • perisinuous
  • peritropous
  • perligenous
  • perspicuous
  • pestiferous
  • pestifugous
  • petricolous
  • pezizaceous

12 letter words

  • pachycarpous
  • pachycladous
  • pachydermous
  • pachyhaemous
  • pachynathous
  • pachypterous
  • packinghouse
  • paludicolous
  • paludiferous
  • pandanaceous
  • pantophagous
  • pantophobous
  • pantopterous
  • papuliferous
  • paragnathous
  • paramorphous
  • parapetalous
  • parenchymous
  • paroeciously
  • parsimonious
  • parviflorous
  • parvifolious
  • pathophorous
  • patriclinous
  • patroclinous
  • patulousness
  • pauciflorous
  • paucifolious
  • pectinaceous
  • pedaliaceous
  • pelecypodous
  • peltifolious
  • pentacoccous
  • pentahedrous
  • pentapterous
  • pentastomous
  • percutaneous
  • perfidiously
  • pergameneous
  • perichaetous
  • perilousness
  • perimorphous
  • peripetalous
  • periproctous
  • peristrumous

13 letter words

  • pachyglossous
  • pachyhematous
  • pachyphyllous
  • pachystichous
  • pachytrichous
  • palladiferous
  • palmellaceous
  • papaveraceous
  • papilliferous
  • papillomatous
  • paraconscious
  • pareciousness
  • parhomologous
  • parmeliaceous
  • parousiamania
  • paxilliferous
  • pectiniferous
  • pendulousness
  • pentadelphous
  • pentapetalous
  • pentaphyllous
  • pentasepalous
  • pentaspermous
  • pentastichous
  • penthouselike
  • penuriousness
  • pepsiniferous
  • pepsinogenous
  • percomorphous
  • peritrematous
  • perridiculous
  • perspicacious
  • perspicuously
  • perturbatious
  • pestiferously
  • petroliferous
  • petrosquamous
  • phaeophyceous
  • phanerogamous
  • phaneromerous
  • phycomycetous
  • philydraceous
  • phyllocladous
  • phyllodineous
  • phyllophagous

14 letter words

  • pachycephalous
  • pachydactylous
  • pachydermatous
  • pachyrhynchous
  • palaeognathous
  • palatognathous
  • pallidiflorous
  • pantostomatous
  • papilionaceous
  • papulosquamous
  • parenchymatous
  • parnassiaceous
  • paroeciousness
  • parsimoniously
  • parthenogenous
  • parthenoparous
  • pectoriloquous
  • pennatulaceous
  • percutaneously
  • perfidiousness
  • perfunctorious
  • peridiniaceous
  • peritrichously
  • perjuriousness
  • perniciousness
  • pertinaciously
  • pervicaciously
  • petalostichous
  • petrosiliceous
  • petrosilicious
  • phaenantherous
  • phanerocarpous
  • philosophilous
  • physostomatous
  • phthirophagous
  • pignoratitious
  • pinguitudinous
  • pyrenomycetous
  • pyrobituminous
  • pistilliferous
  • pistilligerous
  • placentiferous
  • placentigerous
  • placodermatous
  • plasmatoparous

15 letter words

  • pachydermateous
  • pamprodactylous
  • pancreatogenous
  • parallepipedous
  • paraphysiferous
  • paratuberculous
  • parthenocarpous
  • passifloraceous
  • paurometabolous
  • pergamentaceous
  • periligamentous
  • perisporiaceous
  • peristeropodous
  • perspicaciously
  • perspicuousness
  • pestiferousness
  • phyllostomatous
  • phytolaccaceous
  • phoenicopterous
  • phosphoriferous
  • piceotestaceous
  • pinguiculaceous
  • pyrophosphorous
  • pythonomorphous
  • pittosporaceous
  • plagiocephalous
  • plagiostomatous
  • plantaginaceous
  • platitudinously
  • plumbaginaceous
  • pneumatophorous
  • pneumonophorous
  • polyoeciousness
  • polytrichaceous
  • pontederiaceous
  • precautiousness
  • precipitousness
  • predisastrously
  • preharmoniously
  • prestigiousness
  • prestudiousness
  • presuspiciously
  • pretentiousness
  • preternotorious
  • promiscuousness

16 letter words

  • pachydermatously
  • parachromoparous
  • parallelinervous
  • parallelodromous
  • parenchymatously
  • parsimoniousness
  • perfunctoriously
  • perissodactylous
  • peronosporaceous
  • pertinaciousness
  • pervicaciousness
  • phanerocephalous
  • pharyngognathous
  • phycochromaceous
  • phyllospondylous
  • philorchidaceous
  • phytosuccivorous
  • phragmocyttarous
  • piceoferruginous
  • plasmodiocarpous
  • plectospondylous
  • pleurenchymatous
  • pleurocapsaceous
  • pleurococcaceous
  • podophthalmatous
  • podostemonaceous
  • poecilocyttarous
  • polycotyledonous
  • polyplacophorous
  • polypseudonymous
  • polysensuousness
  • postmyxedematous
  • prebarbarousness
  • precarcinomatous
  • precartilaginous
  • preconsciousness
  • preluxuriousness
  • preposterousness
  • prerighteousness
  • prespontaneously
  • presumptuousness
  • presuperfluously
  • prionodesmaceous
  • proangiospermous
  • proboscidiferous

17 letter words

  • panichthyophagous
  • parachromophorous
  • parallelepipedous
  • pentaphylacaceous
  • peristeromorphous
  • perspicaciousness
  • phylactolaematous
  • platitudinousness
  • polygamodioecious
  • postcartilaginous
  • potamogetonaceous
  • precipitatousness
  • preharmoniousness
  • presuspiciousness
  • protelytropterous
  • proterandrousness
  • protocoleopterous
  • protosiphonaceous
  • pseudocourteously
  • pseudoreligiously
  • pseudotetramerous
  • pseudotuberculous
  • pusillanimousness

18 letter words

  • papuloerythematous
  • permocarboniferous
  • precontemporaneous
  • predisadvantageous
  • protohymenopterous
  • pseudoambidextrous
  • pseudomiraculously
  • pseudoneuropterous
  • pseudoprosperously
  • pseudosacrilegious

19 letter words

  • palaeodictyopterous
  • parachromatophorous
  • penecontemporaneous
  • phycochromophyceous
  • pseudocartilaginous
  • pseudoerysipelatous

20 letter words

  • platybrachycephalous
  • precontemporaneously
  • predisadvantageously
  • protobasidiomycetous
  • pseudoambidextrously
  • pseudoparenchymatous
  • pseudosacrilegiously

21 letter words

  • philosophicoreligious
  • platydolichocephalous

22 letter words

  • pseudomonocotyledonous

How many words are possible to make using the specified combination?
There are up to 1,028 entries covering all combinations.

In Scrabble, what is the most points possible from words that start with 'p' and include 'ous'?
With so many words from which to select, you should try 'phyllous' scoring 16 points.

Which word on this page has the highest letter count?
The largest word is 22 characters, which is 'pseudomonocotyledonous'.

What's the most popular word on this page?
There's 'previous', which ranks as the 1857th most popular word.

What's an unusual word from all the word combos possible on this page?
By far the most interesting word in this list is 'porphyraceous'. 'Porphyraceous''s definition is "Porphyritic.", according to the dictionary.