8 Letter Nouns Ending in US

This list gathers 193 English 8 letter nouns that end with US, such as Previous, Precious, Stimulus, Calculus, Syllabus, Emeritus and Colossus. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.

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alveolus
adolphus
arquebus
acanthus
aesculus
anestrus
amplexus
afflatus
affectus
apiculus
aegagrus
aedeagus
adoretus
amaracus
aegypius
andricus
adradius
anorchus
bacillus
bronchus
briareus
bacchius
brosmius
bungarus
bubulcus
bucorvus
bonassus
columbus
calculus
colossus
couscous
caucasus
claudius
caduceus
catullus
crepitus
chiasmus
crotalus
cocculus
cyprinus
cypselus
choregus
chondrus
cathetus
choragus
clathrus
coccyzus
climacus
cognatus
cottabus
coenurus
damascus
detritus
denarius
dianthus
diabolus
diestrus
dactylus
desmodus
diaconus
dindymus
dipsacus
dochmius
didiscus
diiambus
emeritus
epicurus
eusebius
euonymus
excursus
eohippus
elenchus
eridanus
epigonus
euryalus
entellus
equuleus
eremurus
exradius
eumolpus
euphagus
encarpus
encrinus
eosaurus
eteoclus
exoascus
enchodus
epibatus
eximidus
favonius
fremitus
faveolus
Starts with G
2 words
gasthaus
gloydius
Starts with H
2 words
hibiscus
hemionus
Starts with I
1 words
inflatus
Starts with K
1 words
khuskhus
liquidus
lapillus
lathyrus
leonurus
meniscus
mandamus
microbus
marasmus
mammatus
modiolus
misfocus
molossus
motorbus
mittimus
mespilus
nautilus
nauplius
nucellus
overplus
obliquus
opinicus
previous
precious
platypus
pruritus
poxvirus
periplus
pulvinus
pandanus
peroneus
provirus
prefocus
podargus
porteous
pygargus
reovirus
rhonchus
risorius
rypticus
stimulus
syllabus
sisyphus
sibelius
succubus
scabious
serratus
subgenus
sambucus
sicarius
saturnus
silvanus
susurrus
spiritus
sacculus
scalenus
sapindus
scirrhus
splenius
strombus
subvirus
senarius
sphygmus
superius
tinnitus
terminus
thalamus
tartarus
thrombus
tenesmus
tantalus
tropheus
trollius
Starts with U
1 words
urceolus
vesuvius
vitreous
volvulus
vitellus
Starts with W
1 words
waterbus
Starts with Z
2 words
ziziphus
zophorus

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