Countable Nouns Ending in US and Containing R
This list gathers 566 English countable nouns ending in US and containing R, such as Religious, Virus, Precious, Coronavirus, Chorus, Circus and Surplus. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review singular and plural count rules.
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Starts with A
24 words apparatus
asparagus
antivirus
airbus
argus
adenovirus
andronicus
arquebus
arbovirus
aspergillus
arbutus
astragalus
allosaurus
ankylosaurus
apatosaurus
australopithecus
arcus
aureus
abortus
altostratus
anestrus
aerobus
albertosaurus
anthropophagus
Starts with B
22 words brutus
brontosaurus
bronchus
brachiosaurus
baculovirus
burnous
basilosaurus
broigus
bunyavirus
borborygmus
bromus
bulbocavernosus
brosmius
bungarus
buccellarius
bruchus
bothriocephalus
bucorvus
bruscus
botryllus
bryanthus
brachistocephalus
Starts with C
24 words coronavirus
chorus
circus
citrus
corpus
cyrus
crocus
cirrus
cytomegalovirus
croesus
corvus
carpus
coxsackievirus
cursus
cirrostratus
crocodylus
cornus
coryphaeus
crotalus
crus
cryptococcus
carnotaurus
corylus
cyperus
Starts with D
21 words denarius
dilophosaurus
diestrus
dimocarpus
dracunculus
discursus
dendroctonus
dorotheanthus
dendrolagus
derodidymus
dictyograptus
dendrodus
dermatonosus
dolichosaurus
dibothriocephalus
derencephalus
deradelphus
dermococcus
dicranocercus
dolichurus
deradenoncus
Starts with E
24 words emeritus
estrus
epicurus
enterococcus
enterovirus
excursus
elasmosaurus
equinovarus
echovirus
edmontosaurus
euryalus
edaphosaurus
electrobus
electrophorus
ephorus
erinaceus
erinus
euripus
eurus
eleutherococcus
eremurus
erignathus
erianthus
enterobius
Starts with F
10 words flavivirus
filovirus
foederatus
fractus
fremitus
februarius
fractostratus
fractocumulus
ferocactus
firmarius
Starts with G
7 words gyrus
glomerulus
gastrocnemius
grampus
giganotosaurus
gradus
glossopharyngeus
Starts with H
7 words humerus
hantavirus
herpesvirus
hadrosaurus
helleborus
hydrosaurus
hircocervus
Starts with I
8 words intravenous
ignoramus
influenzavirus
introitus
ichthyosaurus
ischiocavernosus
interradius
ichthyophthirius
Starts with J
1 words juniperus
Starts with K
1 words krampus
Starts with L
8 words lentivirus
laurustinus
lumbricus
lathyrus
leonurus
loranthus
literatus
leporinus
Starts with M
21 words microbus
metatarsus
mosasaurus
megalosaurus
metapneumovirus
micronucleus
microvillus
motorbus
metacarpus
morbus
micrococcus
morbillivirus
myxovirus
macronucleus
myrtus
metestrus
mimivirus
mycovirus
microfungus
miurus
macracanthorhynchus
Starts with N
4 words narcissus
norovirus
nimbostratus
nematodirus
Starts with O
9 words organophosphorus
oncovirus
overplus
overfocus
ornithorhynchus
orthomyxovirus
oncornavirus
octonarius
orthrosanthus
Starts with P
24 words precious
phosphorus
prospectus
papyrus
proteus
papillomavirus
poliovirus
parnassus
parvovirus
primus
pylorus
prunus
poxvirus
priapus
peritus
parasaurolophus
paranthropus
periplus
paramyxovirus
peroneus
polyomavirus
provirus
propositus
prefocus
Starts with Q
1 words quadratus
Starts with R
24 words religious
radius
rendezvous
refocus
ruckus
rhombus
rumpus
rhesus
retrovirus
rhinovirus
rebus
rotavirus
rictus
rectus
rufous
ranunculus
rubus
ramus
regulus
resus
retiarius
rhoncus
railbus
reovirus
Starts with S
24 words surplus
sagittarius
sarcophagus
stratus
streptococcus
stegosaurus
serratus
spinosaurus
stratocumulus
sartorius
sardanapalus
sorus
sarus
sicarius
semichorus
sorbus
superplus
seismosaurus
strobilus
susurrus
spiritus
sardius
sestertius
scarabaeus
Starts with T
24 words taurus
thesaurus
terminus
torus
tyrannosaurus
tragus
trolleybus
tarsus
thrombus
tertius
tropheus
tractus
trigeminus
togavirus
thyrsus
therizinosaurus
trochus
trachycarpus
tristimulus
tarsometatarsus
trochilus
trollius
tibiotarsus
tersanctus
Starts with U
10 words uterus
urus
uraeus
utriculus
urachus
ultrasaurus
ultravirus
urceolus
uredosorus
uraniscus
Starts with V
4 words virus
varus
varanus
ventriculus
Starts with W
2 words walrus
waterbus
Starts with X
6 words xerus
xyleborus
xenosaurus
xenorhynchus
xenurus
xiphosurus
Starts with Z
6 words zinjanthropus
zonurus
zophorus
zoophorous
zoophorus
zorotypus