2006-08-06 12:26:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Based on my search there are more than 1000 words that end in OUS. If you want to see them all go to http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rz4&w=*ous&scwo=1&sswo=1
Believe me, I never knew there could be so many. To think it showed me common words, boy, COMMON WORDS!!!How come I never encountered them before? Anyway, happy reading.
2006-08-07 01:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by klay 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Some words that end in "-dous": aldous, amphipodous, anarthropodous, anidous, annelidous, apodous, arthropodous, tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
There are 174 words ending in "-dous" listed in the
Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM but most of them are rare or obsolete.
2006-08-06 21:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by Shot At Sight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just follow your dous and it'll soon be clearous that any wordous can end with dous and sous thereous thousandous of wordous ending with dous.
2006-08-06 20:47:05 · answer #3 · answered by Totoru 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dous know
2006-08-06 19:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by Jorge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
238
2006-08-06 19:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. Also, the rare zoological word annelidous.
2006-08-06 19:32:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Four in general usage. Horrendous, tremendous, hazardous and stupendous.
2006-08-06 19:34:29 · answer #7 · answered by pniccimiss 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too many to count. How am I supposed to know that?
2006-08-06 19:30:54 · answer #8 · answered by miss_gem_01 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hazardous
2006-08-06 22:23:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋