This morpheme tends to mean "full of, having, possessing". Some of the most representative words that include it are: joyous, jealous, nervous, glorious, victorious, spacious, gracious . It's typically applied to adjectives.
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- various
- serious
- previous
- obvious
- religious
- famous
- dangerous
- enormous
- numerous
- conscious
- anxious
- nervous
- continuous
- generous
- curious
- tremendous
- ridiculous
- marvellous
- precious
- ambitious
- suspicious
- mysterious
- furious
- unconscious
- anonymous
- disastrous
- autonomous
- cautious
- delicious
- glorious
- spontaneous
- vigorous
- indigenous
- jealous
- notorious
- vicious
- ambiguous
- conspicuous
- prestigious
- hazardous
- dubious
- prosperous
- fabulous
- rigorous
- spacious
- simultaneous
- outrageous
- gorgeous
- glamorous
- analogous
- tedious
- luxurious
- contentious
- homogeneous
- infectious
- unanimous
- adventurous
- ingenious
- poisonous
- humorous
- hideous
- ludicrous
- gracious
- carboniferous
- synonymous
- advantageous
- treacherous
- courageous
- intravenous
- pious
- ubiquitous
- precarious
- ominous
- malicious
- monstrous
- oblivious
- conscientious
- infamous
- unambiguous
- ferocious
- strenuous
- miraculous
- devious
- horrendous
- luminous
- victorious
- grievous
- harmonious
- meticulous
- heterogeneous
- anomalous
- momentous
- spurious
- self-conscious
- contiguous
- mischievous
- hilarious
- courteous
- pompous
- tenuous
- miscellaneous
- arduous
- onerous
- superfluous
- erroneous
- unscrupulous
- instantaneous
- sumptuous
- mountainous
- rebellious
- murderous
- contemptuous
- monotonous
- illustrious
- frivolous
- amorphous
- venous
- cretaceous
- scandalous
- sensuous
- laborious
- innocuous
- insidious
- callous
- endogenous
- copious
- pernicious
- judicious
- viscous
- righteous
- envious
- noxious
- virtuous
- homologous
- incredulous
- incongruous
- prodigious
- fictitious
- vociferous
- joyous
- superstitious
- perilous
- contagious
- nutritious
- impervious
- subconscious
- pretentious
- porous
- obnoxious
- tortuous
- raucous
- asynchronous
- exogenous
- voluminous
- industrious
- boisterous
- gratuitous
- acrimonious
- preposterous
- venomous
- scrupulous
- igneous
- herbaceous
- posthumous
- fortuitous
- percutaneous
- atrocious
- deleterious
- gregarious
- riotous
- gaseous
- tenacious
- fibrous
- capricious
- promiscuous
- zealous
- thunderous
- delirious
- world-famous
- populous
- fastidious
- stupendous
- aqueous
- cavernous
- wondrous
- amorous
- luscious
- precocious
- inconspicuous
- contemporaneous
- imperious
- extraneous
- synchronous
- audacious
- discontinuous
- vicarious
- adenomatous
- auspicious
- ponderous
- precipitous
- ruinous
- voluptuous
- subcutaneous
- deciduous
- injurious
- eponymous
- tumultuous
- ostentatious
- unpretentious
- rufous
- calcareous
- vivacious
- monogamous
- odious
- rapturous
- barbarous
- seditious
- amphibious
- cancerous
- assiduous
- nebulous
- voracious
- self-righteous
- fatuous
- propitious
- squamous
- disingenuous
- invidious
- nauseous
- tremulous
- solicitous
- carnivorous
- sinuous
- impetuous
- heinous
- nitrous
- bulbous
- presumptuous
- lustrous
- lugubrious
- coniferous
- sulphurous
- blasphemous
- over-zealous
- incestuous
- ravenous
- vacuous
- efficacious
- capacious
- scurrilous
- surreptitious
- fallacious
- ignominious
- fractious
- specious
- odorous
- studious
- magnanimous
- multifarious
- facetious
- villous
- vexatious
- disadvantageous
- circuitous
- tortious
- mutinous
- semi-autonomous
- sonorous
- supercilious
- chivalrous
- rapacious
- ferrous
- tendentious
- punctilious
- censorious
- portentous
- melodious
- homozygous
- pugnacious
- sanctimonious
- glutinous
- glaucous
- herbivorous
- tempestuous
- lecherous
- flirtatious
- impecunious
- officious
- calamitous
- heterozygous
- desirous
- carbonaceous
- villainous
- decorous
- traitorous
- polygynous
- filamentous
- garrulous
- libellous
- cantankerous
- unselfconscious
- bituminous
- obsequious
- querulous
- androgynous
- felicitous
- ingenuous
- meritorious
- iniquitous
- homogenous
- adulterous
- dichotomous
- salacious
- egregious
- coterminous
- ungenerous
- nefarious
- membranous
- unglamorous
- lascivious
- unambitious
- rumbustious
- parlous
- sacrilegious
- parsimonious
- credulous
- vertiginous
- bilious
- inauspicious
- ungracious
- curvaceous
- salubrious
- vitreous
- avaricious
- incautious
- injudicious
- non-ferrous
- commodious
- inglorious
- languorous
- health-conscious
- discourteous
- non-religious
- unctuous
- expeditious
- irreligious
- uncontentious
- timorous
- repetitious
- loquacious
- litigious
- meretricious
- omnivorous
- cost-conscious
- clamorous
- semi-conscious
- piteous
- nitrogenous
- heterologous
- polygamous
- scrumptious
- multitudinous
- oedematous
- beauteous
- insectivorous
- fashion-conscious
- covetous
- verminous
- impious
- cutaneous
- platitudinous
- adventitious
- licentious
- abstemious
- malodorous
- unadventurous
- perfidious
- inhomogeneous
- mellifluous
- rancorous
- leguminous
- diaphanous
- metalliferous
- sebaceous
- sententious
- ginormous
- vainglorious
- slanderous
- class-conscious
- atheromatous
- unpropitious
- duplicitous
- idolatrous
- dexterous
- lubricious
- obstreperous
- venturous
- siliceous
- anti-religious
- cacophonous
- erogenous
- ceremonious
- uproarious
- leprous
- gelatinous
- libidinous
- tautologous
- resinous
- perspicuous
- semi-precious
- granulomatous
- scabrous
- bumptious
- frugivorous
- gangrenous
- numinous
- phosphorous
- heterogenous
- cretinous
- factious
- humourous
- diachronous
- mendacious
- cumbrous
- preconscious
- unceremonious
- cadaverous
- primiparous
- perspicacious
- exiguous
- sagacious
- pendulous
- bigamous
- polysemous
- phlegmonous
- chitinous
- nephrogenous
- autologous
- isomorphous
- polymorphous
- exogamous
- microporous
- cartilaginous
- proteinaceous
- fossiliferous
- pusillanimous
- unrighteous
- ambidextrous
- disputatious
- torturous
- tuberculous
- tuberous
- vaporous
- plenteous
- overambitious
- autocephalous
- incurious
- gluttonous
- tubulovillous
- antituberculous
- fissiparous
- dolorous
- dextrous
- oestrous
- anhydrous
- isochronous
- rivalrous
- glamourous
- argillaceous
- tyrannous
- usurious
- necessitous
- ericaceous
- bounteous
- factitious
- nulliparous
- multiparous
- serendipitous
- hypochlorous
- homophonous
- indecorous
- penurious
- felonious
- auriferous
- dioecious
- armigerous
- safety-conscious
- pertinacious
- sorcerous
- heteronomous
- insalubrious
- inharmonious
- uxorious
- price-conscious
- troublous
- marvelous
- erythematous
- ovo-viviparous
- captious
- carious
- interreligious
- grevious
- unmeritorious
- euphonious
- pestiferous
- cementitious
- odoriferous
- acidulous
- endogamous
- oculocutaneous
- pseudonymous
- ferruginous
- viviparous
- rigourous
- subaqueous
- overzealous
- non-poisonous
- bibulous
- allochthonous
- polyandrous
- steatopygous
- lymphomatous
- autochthonous
- noncalcareous
- gibbous
- valorous
- scrofulous
- unchivalrous
- selfconscious
- compendious
- homonymous
- treasonous
- congruous
- unostentatious
- apterous
- saphenous
- tenebrous
- transcutaneous
- metachronous
- hyponymous
- unmelodious
- non-contiguous
- infelicitous
- paralogous
- overgenerous
- stertorous
- humongous
- hemizygous
- enterocutaneous
- mucinous
- nickeliferous
- unfamous
- overconscientious
- unharmonious
- contumacious
- arteriovenous
- pre-cancerous
- serous
- calciferous
- lepidopterous
- urinous
- ascomycetous
- ochreous
- carcinomatous
- splendiferous
- micaceous
- antireligious
- umbelliferous
- prognathous
- overanxious
- luminiferous
- consanguineous
- slumbrous
- umbrageous
- gummatous
- pumiceous
- organophosphorous
- champertous
- bodacious
- unfossiliferous
- murmurous
- fulvous
- macroporous
- gallinaceous
- unself-conscious
- caseous
- humous
- timeous
- subterraneous
- terrigenous
- unrigorous
- unserious
- semelparous
- vermicious
- aphthous
- clangorous
- humungous
- argentiferous
- petroliferous
- stuporous
- neotenous
- contrarious
- oleaginous
- pervious
- geosynchronous
- exogeneous
- malarious
- unsuspicious
- nectariferous
- acerous
- vinous
- dipterous
- dizygous
- mammiferous
- intracutaneous
- dungeonous
- phytophagous
- unenvious
- rambunctious
- monocotyledonous
- goitrous
- opprobrious
- predacious
- revelous
- allogenous
- non-venomous
- fuliginous
- hyperconscious
- uncurious
- floriferous
- mucilaginous
- conterminous
- criminous
- entomophilous
- orchidaceous
- submucous
- unrebellious
- farinaceous
- unglamourous
- verisimilitudinous
- ulcerous
- polyphagous
- mischievious
- monoecious
- incommodious
- disharmonious
- compunctious
- heteronymous
- innumerous
- nacreous
- spirituous
- mucocutaneous
- unfastidious
- unfrivolous
- unhumorous
- aluminous
- libelous
- penecontemporaneous
- superconscious
- fistulous
- frabjous
- ovigerous
- oviparous
- arsenious
- undesirous
- unpompous
- non-precious
- lichenous
- wonderous
- serpiginous
- isonitrogenous
- veinous
- parasitophorous
- overcautious
- grievious
- pyritous
- autogenous
- nectarivorous
- vertuous
- odiferous
- onymous
- multivarious
- unspontaneous
- graminivorous
- anfractuous
- condylomatous
- triquetrous
- diatomaceous
- coriaceous
- grumous
- crustaceous
- irous
- unhilarious
- thermophilous
- babelicious
- unjealous
- larcenous
- antonymous
- adenocarcinomatous
- cuprous
- migrainous
- unluxurious
- noyous
- areligious
- noncutaneous
- intraosseous
- unobvious
- unefficacious
- arenaceous
- cartilagenous
- eximious
- viscaceous
- slumberous
- antimonous
- tralatitious
- unjoyous
- irriguous
- pseudomembranous
- ambagious
- hypergamous
- uraniferous
- gypsiferous
- unsalubrious
- vanadiferous
- anadromous
- fantabulous
- ultrareligious
- unreligious
- unmalicious
- rhizomatous
- meliaceous
- solitudinous
- conscientous
- ignominous
- patulous
- attitudinous
- unplatitudinous
- fruitious
- papillomatous
- precancerous
- imponderous
- flagitious
- folivorous
- spiritous
- extemporaneous
- semibarbarous
- osseous
- anthropophagous
- araliaceous
- noninjurious
- silicious
- clamourous
- overconscious
- stanniferous
- discontiguous
- distylous
- illuminous
- iteroparous
- endogeneous
- cinereous
- contradictious
- tenous
- biramous
- vomitous
- rampageous
- bonhomous
- opisthognathous
- chylous
- titaniferous
- overscrupulous
- apodous
- tumorous
- contumelious
- pseudogamous
- granivorous
- cankerous
- piscivorous
- haematogenous
- uncourageous
- tuffaceous
- amourous
- uncourteous
- ungorgeous
- inefficacious
- fictious
- microfilamentous
- microphagous
- semiprecious
- calcicolous
- non-obvious
- orgulous
- unconscientious
- ligamentous
- sedulous
- hypognathous
- transvenous
- overserious
- scribacious
- uncensorious
- viperous
- pachydermatous
- manganiferous
- inodorous
- unvoluptuous
- nonferrous
- stoloniferous
- gynandrous
- likerous
- bullous
- hemimetabolous
- xerophilous
- equanimous
- nonrigorous
- inhomogenous
- numberous
- protogynous
- intramembranous
- supposititious
- nonrivalrous
- rediculous
- semiconscious
- nonhazardous
- ornithophilous
- edentulous
- ochrous
- barbigerous
- unanxious
- acephalous
- plumptious
- unnutritious
- pluvious
- unauspicious
- angiomatous
- atrabilious
- cruciferous
- nonserious
- collagenous
- supergenerous
- non-cancerous
- calumnious
- unferocious
- cupreous
- superluminous
- lymphoedematous
- polytomous
- submembranous
- ceraceous
- bignoniaceous
- bicephalous
- loranthaceous
- lixivious
- lower semi-continuous
- ordurous
- paludinous
- aponogetonaceous
- aquæous
- misogamous
- incongruitous
- polypyrenous
- unicolorous
- nectarous
- nonmucilaginous
- sterculiaceous
- lautitious
- boysterous
- dipterocarpaceous
- lipomatous
- onygenaceous
- lower semicontinuous
- achylous
- xenologous
- tetrasporaceous
- chalaziferous
- paraspinous
- amphicarpous
- homothermous
- chiropterophilous
- toxiferous
- unmellifluous
- unslumbrous
- nonmucinous
- stilbaceous
- villanous
- stomatopodous
- glycoproteinaceous
- didiereaceous
- gramineous
- grasseous
- octogynous
- acerous
- achymous
- orthognathous
- lymphohematogenous
- hemipterous
- tentiginous
- cernuous
- melastomaceous
- endophyllous
- timourous
- saururaceous
- polliniferous
- polyangiaceous
- myocutaneous
- gelatigenous
- pultaceous
- varous
- veneniferous
- ventriloquous
- lentibulariaceous
- boystrous
- rantankerous
- liguliflorous
- chaetomiaceous
- hippocrateaceous
- rumourous
- melastomataceous
- circumfluous
- mirandous
- photophobous
- joculous
- præsumptuous
- unicolourous
- unobsequious
- sparganiaceous
- steatomatous
- stomatous
- diathermanous
- disaventurous
- dispiteous
- rectitudinous
- zamiaceous
- efficious
- tetragonous
- cetaceous
- tetrasporous
- chloranthaceous
- cichoraceous
- hydrous
- exalbuminous
- facinorous
- commelinaceous
- favorous
- azotous
- skullduggerous
- postreligious
- nectivorous
- fructuous
- previtellogenous
- nigrous
- pseudoreligious
- psocopterous
- vaccinogenous
- blennogenous
- venenous
- nonmucous
- nonpathogenous
- pyrobituminous
- graminifolious
- lipomembranous
- roccellaceous
- thelebolaceous
- angiospermatous
- timous
- cichoriaceous
- circumforaneous
- transheterozygous
- trimonoecious
- babealicious
- isotropous
- undecorous
- myrmecochorous
- prolegomenous
- stereaceous
- grandiloquous
- diœcious
- sulphophosphorous
- omalous
- rimous
- temptuous
- chaetophoraceous
- amblystegiaceous
- angiospermous
- monoicous
- pollinivorous
- porphyraceous
- prætentious
- beneficious
- proestrous
- urodelous
- demonolatrous
- succulous
- discolourous
- gynolatrous
- haemogenous
- byssaceous
- ovuliferous
- chaetophorous
- saccharomycetaceous
- androlatrous
- angiosporous
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.
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Written by: Sophia on 05/03/2022