Words Containing OUS

4,904 words contain OUS anywhere. Scores range up to 38 points (SCHIZOPHYCEOUS), averaging 16 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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Having a large or protuberant belly.

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Tending to subtract or diminish.

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Irregular or misshapen; abnormal.

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Moderate in eating and drinking.

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In a restrained or moderate manner.

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Moderation in consuming food and drink.

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Practicing or characterized by self-denial, especially of food or drink.

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Plural of ACAJOU.

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Not involving or caused by calculi.

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Covered with prickles; prickly.

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Bearing prickles or resembling acanthus plants.

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Possessing spines or thorns; spiny.

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Having no carpels, the female reproductive organs of a flower.

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Lacking carpels.

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Not producing fruit.

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Having no stem or stalk.

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Sloping upward.

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Sloping upward like a hillside.

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An accessory item of dress or equipment.

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Plural of ACCOUSTREMENT.

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Lacking a head.

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Of the maple family, Aceraceae.

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Lacking antennae or tentacles; also needle-shaped.

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Having a sour or vinegar-like taste.

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Lacking a floral envelope or perianth.

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Lacking color or having very little color.

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Lacking color; colorless.

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Thriving in acidic environments, as certain organisms.

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Slightly sour; acidic.

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Containing seeds or stones like those of grapes.

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Pertaining to acini; made of small sacs.

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Not hollowed out.

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Having no seed leaves or cotyledons.

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Relating to sound or the sense of hearing.

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Relating to sound or the sense of hearing.

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In terms of sound quality or acoustics.

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A specialist in the science of sound and acoustics.

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Plural of ACOUSTICIAN.

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Plural of ACOUSTIC.

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Bitter and sharp in manner or speech.

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In an acrimonious manner.

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The quality of being acrimonious.

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Having reproductive structures at the stem tip, as in certain mosses.

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Relating to veins running to the leaf tip.

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Growing at the tip of the main stem, as in ferns and mosses.

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In an acrogenous manner; growing at the tip.

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Relating to or characterized by acronyms.

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Radially symmetrical, able to be divided symmetrically along any vertical plane.

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Relating to actinomycetes bacteria.

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Having or showing sharp insight; keen.

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Lacking fingers or toes.

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Tending to add or increase; additive.

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Pertaining to or resembling an adenoma.

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Having no effect for good or harm; indifferent.

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Not allowing passage of heat rays.

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Resembling or containing adipocere, a waxy substance.

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Relating to fatty tissue; archaic.

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Adopted, especially in a formal sense.

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Added from outside; not inherent.

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In an adscititious way; extrinsically.

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How many words containing ous are there?

There are 4,904 words containing ous.

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What is the highest-scoring word contain OUS anywhere?

SCHIZOPHYCEOUS scores 38 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.