Nouns That End in NUS

Explore 90 verified English nouns ending with the suffix -NUS, including Bonus, Alumnus, Genus, Sinus, Onus, Tetanus and Anus. Useful for grammar study, classroom worksheets, and word games and rhyming patterns, browse these naming words for people, places, and things below or review pluralization and capitalization rules in our noun grammar guide.

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Starts with A7 words
alumnus
anus
annus
acinus
antechinus
antoninianus
anelectrotonus
Starts with B
2 words
bonus
botulinus
Starts with C14 words
cronus
cygnus
conus
cornus
clonus
colonus
caunus
cothurnus
cotinus
cyprinus
cetorhinus
colinus
cincinnus
cicinnus
Starts with D4 words
dictamnus
dendroctonus
diaconus
diadumenus
Starts with E12 words
eridanus
echinus
equinus
epigonus
erinus
elaeagnus
euthynnus
electrotonus
encrinus
erythrinus
emprosthotonus
esthiomenus
Starts with F
2 words
faunus
faenus
Starts with G
1 words
genus
Starts with H
1 words
hemionus
Starts with L3 words
lupinus
laurustinus
leporinus
Starts with M4 words
minus
magnus
manus
myoclonus
Starts with O3 words
onus
opisthotonus
ozothamnus
Starts with P9 words
prunus
pinus
pannus
pulvinus
pandanus
pignus
parabolanus
phototonus
pharyngopalatinus
Starts with R3 words
ricinus
rosmarinus
rhamnus
Starts with S14 words
sinus
subgenus
somnus
silenus
saturnus
silvanus
scalenus
salvelinus
schinus
siganus
synthronus
schoenus
sarothamnus
scabinus
Starts with T6 words
tetanus
terminus
tonus
trigeminus
trachinus
totanus
Starts with U
1 words
uncinus
Starts with V
2 words
venus
varanus
Starts with Z
2 words
zygadenus
zigadenus

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