2900-Words-Ending-In-ous

Sep 20, 2026

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Vocabulary list of English adjectives ending in “-ous”, presented as short dictionary-style entries. Each line provides the word followed by a concise part-of-speech label and a definition, often including brief usage cues or example phrasing. The content covers a wide range of meanings across domains such as anatomy (“abdominous”), biology and plants (“acanthaceous,” “acarpous”), and descriptive qualities (“acrid,” “acrimonious”) while maintaining a consistent reference format throughout.

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Adjectives ending in -ous

2900 words ending in ~ ous Abdominous (a.) Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. Abiogenous (a.) Produced by spontaneous generation. Ablatitious (a.) Diminishing; as, an ablatitious force. Abnormous (a.) Abnormal; irregular. Absentaneous (a.) Pertaining to absence. Absonous (a.) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous. Abstemious (a.) Abstaining from wine. Abstemious (a.) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. Abstemious (a.) Promotive of abstemiousness. Abstemious (a.) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Abstemious (a.) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Abstentious (a.) Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Abstractitious (a.) Obtained from plants by distillation. Acalysinous (a.) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope. Acanthaceous (a.) Armed with prickles, as a plant. Acanthaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. Acanthocarpous (a.) Having the fruit covered with spines. Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. Acanthophorous (a.) Spine-bearing. Acanthopodious (a.) Having spinous petioles. Acanthopterous (a.) Acanthopterygious. Acanthopterous (a.) Spiny-winged. Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned. Acarpellous (a.) Having no carpels. Acarpous (a.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. Acaulous (a.) Same as Acaulescent. Acclivitous (a.) Acclivous. Acclivous (a.) Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; --opposed to declivous. Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the casein certain ovaries. Acephalous (a.) Headless. Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning. Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; --a term applied to bivalve mollusks. Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief. Acerous (a.) Destitute of tentacles, as certain mollusks. Acerous (a.) Same as Acerose. Acerous (a.) Without antennae, as some insects. Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc. Acetarious (a.) Used in salads; as, acetarious plants. Acetous (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation. Acetous (a.) Having a sour taste; sour; acid. Achilous (a.) Without a lip. Achlamydeous (a.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. Acholous (a.) Lacking bile. Achroous (a.) Colorless; achromatic. Achylous (a.) Without chyle. Achymous (a.) Without chyme. Acidiferous (a.) Containing or yielding an acid. Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. Acinaceous (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them. Acinous (a.) Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands. Acondylous (a.) Being without joints; jointless. Acotyledonous (a.) Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. Acrimonious (a.) Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. Acrimonious (a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. Acrocarpous (a.) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. Acrocarpous (a.) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. Acrogenous (a.) Increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant. Acronyctous (a.) Acronycal. Acrosporous (a.) Having acrospores. Acrotomous (a.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base. Actinophorous (a.) Having straight projecting spines. Aculeous (a.) Aculeate. Acuminous (a.) Characterized by acumen; keen. Adactylous (a.) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals) .

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What kind of words does the document focus on?

It focuses on English adjectives that end with “-ous,” providing definitions for each entry.

How are the terms presented?

Each item appears in a dictionary-like format: the word, a part-of-speech marker, and a brief meaning, sometimes with example wording.

Does the list cover multiple subject areas?

Yes. Definitions span general descriptive terms as well as specialized meanings related to anatomy, biology, and botany.

Sep 20, 2026

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