772 total entries across 10 section(s)

2-Letter Sticky-S Words (3 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
ABDFGHKLMPRTVWYZASHKPS[b.] · to the same degree
BFHLMOPRTYESST[n. ESES] · ess / [x] { es ess § eses esses § es ess esses }
BCDGHKMNPSWOSE[n. ORA] · an orifice / ----- [n. OSAR] · an esker / ----- [n. OSSA] · a bone

3-Letter Sticky-S Words (6 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
ECOSHSTY[n. -ES] · a variety of lettuce / [x] { cos § coss kos koss }
AGASHPT[v. GASSED, GASSING°, GASES or GASSES] · to supply with gas
—KOSS[n. KOS°] · a land measure in India~ / [x] { cos § coss kos koss }
AOLESST! [n. LESES] · lez
BERASEHP[n. -ES] · an Ethiopian~ prince
KVASAET[n. VASA] · an anatomical duct - VASAL [a.]

4-Letter Sticky-S Words (21 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
BCHMPALMS—[n. ALMS] · money or goods given to the poor
OBIAS—[v. -ASED or -ASSED, -ASING or -ASSING, -ASES or -ASSES] · to prejudice - BIASEDLY [b.] / [x] { bias § biases biasses § bias biased biases biasing biassed biasses biassing § bias § bias biasedly }
PREPOS—[n. -ES] · an epic poem / [x] { epopee epopoeia epos § epopees epopoeias eposes }
CHZEROSE[n. -ES] · sexual desire
—EYASS[n. -ES] · a young hawk / [x] { eyas eyass § eyases eyasses }
—HOLS—[n.] · a vacation
ABHNRSTWIDES—[n. IDES] · a certain day in the ancient Roman calendar
—KAAS—[n. KAAS] · kas / [x] { kaas kas }
—KVASS[n. -ES] · kvass «a Russian~ beer» / [x] { kvas kvass quass § kvases kvasses quasses § quasses }
GLENSE[v. -ED -ING° -ES] · to make a film of / ----- [n. -ES] · a piece of transparent material used in changing the convergence of light rays - LENSLESS [a.] / [x] { lenses § lens lense lensed lenses lensing § lensed lensless }
AGLIAS—[n. LIASES] · a blue limestone rock
BCFGSLUES—[n. LUES] · syphilis
—MIPS—[n.] · million instructions per second
—NAOS—[n. NAOI] · an ancient temple
CGHLPWOOPS—[i.] · used to express mild apology, surprise, or dismay
—OYES—[n. OYESSES] · oyez «a cry used to introduce the opening of a court of law»
—PONS—[n. PONTES] · a band of nerve fibers in the brain
—SEPS—[n. -ES] · an African~ lizard
—SUDSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to wash in soapy water
—TRESS[b.] · very
PUPAS—[n. -ES] · an Asian~ tree

5-Letter Sticky-S Words (52 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
RADIOS—[n. -ES] · goodbye (=adioses)
—AEDES—[n. AEDES] · any of a genus of mosquitoes
—AJIES—[n. -S] · a type of chili pepper
—ALIAS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to assign an assumed name to (=aliased)
—ANLAS—[n. -ES] · anlace «a medieval dagger» / [x] { anlace anlas § anlaces anlases }
—APRES—[p.] · after
CFPARLES—[n.] · money paid to bind a bargain
—ARRAS—[n. -ES] · a tapestry - ARRASED [a.] (=arrases)
—ASKOS—[n. ASKOI] · an oil jar used in ancient Greece~
—ATLAS—[n. ATLANTES or ATLASES] · a male figure used as a supporting column
DHMRAVENS—[n. -ES] · a perennial herb
—AVGAS—[n. -GASES or -GASSES] · gasoline for airplanes
—BALAS—[n. -ES] · a red variety of spinel
—BANNS—[n.] · a marriage notice
—BIGOS—[n. -ES] · a Polish stew
—CAMASS[n. -ES] · camass «a perennial herb»
—CIRCS—[n.] · circumstances
—CORPSE[n. CORPS] · a military unit / [x] { corps corpse corse § corpses corses § corps corpse corpses corse }
—CYCAS—[n. -ES] · a tropical plant
—DEGAS—[v. -GASSED, -GASSING, -GASSES or -GASES] · to remove gas from
—DOXES—† [v.] · third-person~ singular simple present indicative of dox
—DRYAS—[n. DRYAS] · a flowering alpine plant
—EIDOS—[n. EIDE] · an essence
—EQUES—[n. EQUITES] · a member of a privileged military class of ancient Rome~ (=eques)
—ETHOS—[n. -ES] · the fundamental character of a culture
—FECES—[n.] · bodily waste discharged through the anus / [x] { faeces feces § faecal }
—FRONS—[n. FRONTES] · the upper anterior portion of an insect's head
—GLANS—[n. GLANDES] · the tip of the penis or clitoris
—GULES—[n. GULES] · the color red
—HURDS—[n.] · hards / [x] { hards hurds }
—JONES—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to have a strong craving for something (=jonesed jonesing)
—JUDAS—[n. -ES] · a peephole
—KUMYS—[n. -ES] · koumiss «a beverage made from camel's milk» / [x] { koumis koumiss koumys koumyss kumis kumiss kumys § koumises koumisses koumyses koumysses kumises kumisses kumyses }
—LITAS—[n. LITAI or LITU] · a former monetary unit of Lithuania~
—MONAS—[n. MONADES] · a monad
ENATES—[n.] · the buttocks
INERTS—[i.] · used to express defiance or disgust / [x] { nerts nertz § nerts nertz § nerts nertz }
—NOMOS—[n. NOMOI] · law
—PSOAS—[n. PSOAI or PSOAE] · a muscle of the loin - PSOATIC [a.]
BTRIBES—[n. RIBES] · a flowering shrub
—SAROS—[n. -ES] · the eclipse cycle of the sun and moon
—TABES—[n. TABES] · a syphilitic disease
—TELOS—[n. TELOI] · an ultimate end
STERES—[n. TERESES or TERETES] · either of two muscles helping to rotate the arm
—TEXAS—[n. -ES] · the uppermost structure on a steamboat
—TRANS—[a.] · characterized by the arrangement of different atoms on opposite sides of the molecule
STREWS—[n.] · close-fitting~ tartan trousers / [x] { trews trooz trou trouser trousers trowsers }
—TURPS—[n. TURPS] · turpentine / [x] { turpentine turps § turpentines § turpentined turpentines turpentining }
SWOOPS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to vomit
—YIKES—[i.] · used to express fear or pain
—YONKS—[n.] · a very long time
—ZOOKS—[i.] · used as a mild oath

6-Letter Sticky-S Words (90 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
—ABLINS—[b.] · perhaps / [x] { ablings ablins aiblins }
—ANABAS—[n. -ES] · a freshwater fish
—AZYGOS—[n. -ES] · an azygous anatomical part
—BATHOS—[n. -ES] · triteness «derivative of trite»
—BINOCS—[n.] · binoculars
—BIOGAS—[n. -GASES or -GASSES] · fuel gas produced by organic waste
—BOREAS—[n. -ES] · the north wind
—BREEKS—[n.] · breeches
—BUBKES—[n.] · the least amount / [x] { bubkes bupkes bupkis bupkus }
—BUPKES—[n.] · bubkes «the least amount» / [x] { bubkes bupkes bupkis bupkus }
—CANVASS[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to canvass / [x] { canvas canvass § canvases canvasses § canvas canvased canvases canvasing canvass canvassed canvasses canvassing }
—CAPIAS—[n. -ES] · a judicial writ
—CARIES—[n. CARIES] · tooth decay - CARIED [a.]
—CENTAS—[n. CENTAI or CENTU] · a monetary unit of Lithuania~
—CERTES—[b.] · in truth
—CESTOS—[n. -TOI] · cestus «a hand covering for ancient Roman boxers»
—CHARAS—[n. -ES] · hashish
—CHINTS—[n. -ES] · chintz / [x] { chints chintz § chintses chintzes }
—COMPASS[n. COMPAS°] · a popular music of Haiti~
—CUSTOS—[n. -TODES] · a guardian or keeper
—CUTLASS[n. -ES] · cutlass / [x] { curtalax cutlas cutlass § curtalaxes cutlases cutlasses § cutlasses }
—CYPRESS[n. -ES] · a legal doctrine / [x] { cypres cypress cyprus § cypresses cypruses }
—DALLES—[n.] · rapids / [x] { dales dalles tales § tallitot }
—DEDANS—[n. DEDANS] · a gallery for tennis spectators
—DEHORS—[p.] · other than
—DEIXES—† [n. DEIXISES] · the specifying function of some words
—DIPSAS—[n. DIPSADES] · a fabled serpent
—DOXXES—† [v.] · third-person~ singular simple present indicative of doxx
—ETHNOS—[n. -ES] · a group of people who share a common and distinctive culture
—EXODOS—[n. -DOI] · a concluding dramatic scene
—FACIES—[n. FACIES] · general appearance
—FAECES—[n.] · feces - FAECAL [a.] / [x] { faeces § faecal fecal }
—FASCES—[n. FASCES] · an ancient Roman symbol of power
—FAUCES—[n.] · the passage from the mouth to the pharynx
—FRACAS—[n. -ES] · a brawl
—FRITES—[n.] · french fries
—FYNBOS—[n. FYNBOS] · a type of biome in South Africa~
—HAERES—[n. -REDES] · heres
—HERPES—[n. HERPES or HERPESES] · a skin infection - HERPETIC [a.]
—HOMMOS—[n. -ES] · hummus / [x] { hommos hoummos hummus humus § hommoses hoummoses hummuses }
—HOSSES—† [n. -S] · pronunciation spelling of horse
—KAYLES—[n.] · a British~ game
—KERMESS[n. -ES] · a red dye (=kermeses)
—KOUMYSS[n. -ES] · koumiss «a beverage made from camel's milk» / [x] { koumis koumiss koumys koumyss kumis kumiss kumys § koumises koumisses koumyses koumysses kumises kumisses kumyses }
—KOUROS—[n. -ROI] · an ancient Greek statue of a young man
—LACHES—[n. LACHES or -ES] · undue delay in asserting a legal right (=lacheses)
—LAMPAS—[n. -ES] · inflammation of the roof of a horse's mouth / [x] { lampas lampers § lampases lamperses }
—MADRASA[n. -ES] · a cotton fabric
AMERCES—[n.] · a reward
—MPOXES—† [n.] · a viral disease
—MYTHOS—[n. -THOI] · a myth
—NACHAS—[n. NACHAS] · pride in another's accomplishments / [x] { nachas naches }
—NACHES—[n. NACHES] · nachas «pride in another's accomplishments» / [x] { nachas naches }
BDNPTZOODLES—[n. OODLES] · a large amount / [x] { oodles oodlins }
—OUTGAS—[v. -GASSED, -GASSING, -GASES or -GASSES] · to remove gas from (=outgases) / [x] { outgas § outgases outgasses § outgas outgases outgassed outgasses outgassing }
—OVIBOS—[n. OVIBOS] · a wild ox
—PARIES—[n. PARIETES] · the wall of an organ
—PATHOS—[n. -ES] · a quality that arouses feelings of pity or compassion
—PEPLOS—[n. -ES] · a garment worn by women in ancient Greece~ / [x] { peplos peplus § peploses pepluses }
—PHAROS—[n. -ES] · a lighthouse or beacon to guide seamen
—PITHOS—[n. PITHOI] · a large ancient storage jar
—POTHOS—[n. POTHOS] · a climbing plant with glossy variegated leaves
—PSYOPS—[n.] · noncombative military operations to influence the enemy's state of mind
—RABIES—[n. RABIES] · an infectious virus disease - RABIETIC [a.] (=rabieses~)
—REVERSEO[n. REVERS] · a part of a garment turned back to show the inside
—RICHEST[n.] · wealth
—SANIES—[n. SANIES] · a fluid discharged from wounds - SANIOUS [a.]
—SERIES—[n. SERIES] · an arrangement of one after another
—SHAMAS—[n. -MOSIM] · shammes «a minor official of a synagogue»
—SHAMOS—[n. -MOSIM] · shammes «a minor official of a synagogue»
—SHNAPS—[n. SHNAPS] · schnapps
—SIGLOS—[n. -LOI] · an ancient Persian~ coin
—SORTES—[n.] · divination by chance selection of a passage in an authoritative text
—SOWANS—[n. SOWANS] · sowens «porridge made from oat husks» / [x] { sowans sowens }
—SOWENS—[n. SOWENS] · porridge made from oat husks / [x] { sowans sowens }
—SPAZES—† [n. SPAZZES] · a clumsy, foolish, or incompetent person
—STAPES—[n. -PEDES] · a bone of the middle ear
—SYNGAS—[n. -GASES or -GASSES] · a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen used in chemical synthesis
—THOLOS—[n. -LOI] · a circular, underground tomb
—TRAPES—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to traipse «to walk about in an idle or aimless manner» / [x] { traipse trapes § traipses trapeses § traipse traipsed traipses traipsing trapes trapesed trapeses trapesing }
—TRIENS—[n. -ENTES] · a coin of ancient Rome~
—TRIPOS—[n. -ES] · a tripod / [x] { tripod tripos § tripods triposes § tripods § tripodal tripodic }
—TSORES—[n. TSORES] · tsuris «a series of misfortunes»
BFHJMNRTUMBLES—[n.] · the entrails of a deer
—UNDIES—[n.] · underwear / [x] { underwear undies § underwears }
—VIVERS—[n.] · food
—WHENAS—[c.] · at which time
—XYSTOS—[n. -TOI] · xystus «a roofed area where athletes trained in ancient Greece~»
—YOICKS—[i.] · used to encourage hunting hounds
—ZOUNDS—[i.] · used as a mild oath

7-Letter Sticky-S Words (105 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
CTABLINGS—[b.] · ablins «perhaps» / [x] { ablings ablins aiblins }
—AIBLINS—[b.] · ablins «perhaps» / [x] { ablings ablins aiblins }
TANNATES—[n.] · the first year's revenue of a bishop paid to the pope
—APROPOS—[a.] · relevant
—ASCITES—[n. ASCITES] · accumulation of serous fluid in the abdomen - ASCITIC [a.]
—AUROCHS—[n. -ES] · an extinct European~ ox
—BENTHOS—[n. -ES] · benthic sea life
—BONKERS—[a.] · crazy
—BOONIES—[n.] · a backwoods area
—BOTOXES—† [v.] · third-person~ singular simple present indicative of botox
ABUTTALS—[n.] · boundary lines
—CALENDS—[n. CALENDS] · the first day of the Roman month / [x] { calends kalends }
—CARITAS—[n. -ES] · love for all people
—CHLAMYS—[n. -MYSES or -MYDES] · a garment worn in ancient Greece~
—CLIVERS—[n. CLIVERS] · an annual herb
—COJONES—[n.] · testicles -- usually considered vulgar
—COLLINS—[n. -ES] · an alcoholic beverage
—CRETONS—[n.] · a spread of shredded pork and onions
—CSARDAS—[n. -ES] · czardas «a Hungarian~ dance» / [x] { csardas czardas § csardases czardases }
—CYCLOPS—[n. CYCLOPS] · a freshwater animal / ----- [n. CYCLOPES] · any of a race of giants in Greek mythology with a single eye in the middle of the forehead (=cyclopes)
—CZARDAS—[n. -ES] · a Hungarian~ dance (=czardases) / [x] { csardas czardas § csardases czardases }
—DARBIES—[n.] · handcuffs
—DICKENS—[n. -ES] · devil
—DIDDUMS—[i.] · used to express sympathy to a child
—EBONICS—[n.] · a dialect of English spoken by some African-Americans~
—EMPTINS—[n.] · a liquid leavening / [x] { emptings emptins }
BENDWAYS—[b.] · endwise «lengthwise» / [x] { endways endwise }
—EPHEBOS—[n. -BOI] · ephebus «a young man of ancient Greece~»
—EPINAOS—[n. -NAOI] · a rear vestibule
REQUITES—[n.] · a privileged military class of ancient Rome~
—FORCEPS—[n. -CIPES] · an instrument for seizing and holding objects
—FURRIEST† [n.] · covered with fur
—GALLOWS—[n. -ES] · a structure used for hanging a condemned person
—GRIZZES—[n. -ES] · a grizzly / [x] { griz grizzly § grizzes grizzlies § grizzlier grizzliest }
—GUBBINS—[n. GUBBINSES] · a trivial object
—GUMMIEST† [n.] · resembling gum / [x] { gummies § gummier gummiest gummose gummous gummy }
—HALVERS—[n. HALVERS] · half shares
—HIJINKS—[n.] · mischievous fun
—HOUMMOS—[n. -ES] · hummus / [x] { hommos hoummos hummus humus § hommoses hoummoses hummuses }
—HURDIES—[n.] · the buttocks
—HYDROPSY[n. -ES] · hydropsy «dropsy» / [x] { dropsy hydrops hydropsy § dropsies hydropses hydropsies § dropsied }
—INNARDS—[n.] · the internal organs
—JAGGIEST[n.] · a jagged effect on a curved line
—JAMMIEST[n.] · pajamas / [x] { jammies jammy pajama pajamas pyjama pyjamas }
—JEEPERS—[i.] · used as a mild oath
—JIMJAMS—[n.] · violent delirium
—JOANNES—[n. JOANNES] · johannes / [x] { joannes johannes }
—KALENDS—[n. KALENDS] · calends «the first day of the Roman month» / [x] { calends kalends }
—KOLKHOSY[n. -KHOSY or -KHOSES] · kolkhoz «a collective farm in Russia~»
CGLAMPERS—[n. -ES] · lampas «inflammation of the roof of a horse's mouth» / [x] { lampas lampers § lampases lamperses }
—LASHINS—[n.] · an abundance
—LEMURES—[n.] · the ghosts of the dead in ancient Roman religion
—LITHOPS—[n. LITHOPS] · a succulent African~ plant
—LITOTES—[n. LITOTES] · a figure of speech in which an assertion is made by the negation of its opposite - LITOTIC [a.]
—LOGGATS—[n.] · loggets «an old English throwing game» / [x] { loggats loggets }
—LOGGETS—[n.] · an old English throwing game / [x] { loggats loggets }
—LONGIES—[n.] · long underwear
—MESEEMS—[v. MESEEMED, MESEEMETH, MESEEMS] · it seems to me -- MESEEMS is an impersonal verb and is used only in the 3d person sing
—MISBIAS—[v. -ASED or -ASSED, -ASING or -ASSING, -ASES or -ASSES] · to bias wrongly
—MUGGINS—[n. -ES] · a stupid or foolish person (=mugginses)
—NOMBLES—[n.] · numbles «animal entrails» / [x] { nombles numbles }
—NONNEWS—[a.] · not being news
—NONPROS—[v. -PROSSED, -PROSSING, -PROSSES] · to enter a judgment against a plaintiff who fails to prosecute
—NUMBLES—[n.] · animal entrails / [x] { nombles numbles }
—OODLINS—[n. OODLINS] · oodles / [x] { oodles oodlins }
—PANTSES—† [v.] · third-person~ singular simple present indicative of pants
—PARADOS—[n. -ES] · a protective embankment
—PARODOS—[n. -DOI] · an ode sung in ancient Greek drama
—PENATES—[n.] · the Roman gods of the household
—PERHAPS—[n. -ES] · something open to doubt or conjecture
—PETASOS—[n. -ES] · petasus «a broad-brimmed~ hat worn in ancient Greece~» / [x] { petasos petasus § petasoses petasuses }
—REREDOS—[n. -ES] · an ornamental screen behind an altar
CPRICKETS—[n.] · a disease resulting from vitamin D deficiency / [x] { rachitis rickets § rachitides rachitises § rachitic }
—ROOIBOS—[n. -ES] · a South African~ evergreen shrub
—SAPIENS—[a.] · pertaining to recent man
—SCABIES—[n. SCABIES] · a skin disease
—SCHMOOSE[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to schmooze «to gossip» / [x] { schmoos schmoose schmooze shmooze § schmooses schmoozes § schmoosed schmooses schmoosing schmoozed schmoozes schmoozing shmoozed shmoozes shmoozing }
—SCHNAPS—[n. SCHNAPS] · schnapps
—SFERICS—[n.] · an electronic detector of storms
—SHAMMASH[n. -MASIM] · shammes «a minor official of a synagogue»
—SHAMMES—[n. -MOSIM] · a minor official of a synagogue
—SHAMMOS—[n. -MOSIM] · shammes «a minor official of a synagogue»
—SHNAPPS—[n. SHNAPPS] · schnapps
—SIEMENS—[n. SIEMENS or SIEMENSES] · a unit of electrical conductance (=siemenses)
—SILVICS—[n.] · the study of forest trees
—SITCHES—† [n. -S] · a brook
—SITHENS—[b.] · since
—SKYPHOS—[n. -PHOI] · a drinking vessel used in ancient Greece~
—SORITES—[n. SORITES] · a type of argument used in logic - SORITIC [a.]
—STARETS—[n. STARTSY] · a spiritual adviser in the Eastern Orthodox Church
—STYLOPS—[n. STYLOPS] · an insect that is a parasite of other insects
—TAGETES—[n. TAGETES] · a flowering plant
—TALIPES—[n. TALIPES] · clubfoot «a deformed foot»
—TEARGAS—[v. -GASSED, -GASSING, -GASES or -GASSES] · to subject to a gas that irritates the eyes / [x] { teargas § teargas teargases teargassed teargasses teargassing }
—THERMOS—[n. -ES] · a container used to keep liquids either hot or cold
—TSIMMES—[n. TSIMMES] · tzimmes «a vegetable stew»
—TZIMMES—[n. TZIMMES] · a vegetable stew
—VANITAS—[n. -ES] · a still-life~ painting having symbols of death or change
—VELITES—[n.] · foot soldiers of ancient Rome~
—VERGLAS—[n. -ES] · a thin coating of ice on rock
—VERITAS—[n. -TATES] · truth
—WALKIES—[i.] · --used to command a dog to prepare for a walk
—WEEJUNS—[n.] · trademark, a moccasin-style~ shoes for casual wear
—WHEREAS—[n. -ES] · an introductory statement of a formal document
—WUDDIES—[n. WUDDIES] · a hangman's noose

8-Letter Sticky-S Words (103 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
—ABDUCENS—[n. -CENTES] · a cranial nerve
—ALLSORTS—[n.] · assorted small candies
—ANABLEPS—[n. -ES] · a freshwater fish
—ANALECTS—[n.] · selections from a literary work or group of works / [x] { analecta analects }
—ANSATZES—[n. ANSATZES] · an assumed mathematical form for a solution
—ANTIBIAS—[a.] · opposed to bias
—ASBESTOS—[n. -ES] · a mineral - ASBESTIC [a.] / [x] { asbestic asbestos asbestus § asbestoses asbestuses § asbestos asbestoses asbestus § asbestic }
—ASPERGES—[n. ASPERGES] · a Roman Catholic rite
—BALLOCKS—[n.] · the testicles -- an offensive word
—BASALTES—[n. BASALTES] · unglazed stoneware
—BAUDRONS—[n. -ES] · a cat
—BEJABERS—[n. -ES] · bejesus «an exclamation used as a mild oath» (=bejaberses) / [x] { bejabbers bejabers bejasus bejeebers bejeezus bejesus § bejaberses bejasuses bejeezuses bejesuses }
—BENDWAYS—[b.] · bendwise «diagonally» / [x] { bendways bendwise }
—BERMUDAS—[n.] · knee-length~ walking shorts
—BOLLOCKS—[n.] · testicles / [x] { bollixes bolloxes § bollix bollixed bollixes bollixing bollocks bollox bolloxed bolloxes bolloxing }
—BRITCHES—[n.] · breeches; trousers / [x] { breech britches § breech breeched breeching § breech breeched § breech }
—CALATHOS—[n. -THI] · a fruit basket / [x] { calathos calathus § calathi }
—CALVADOS—[n. -ES] · a dry apple brandy
—CANITIES—[n. CANITIES] · the turning gray of the hair
—CERASTES—[n. CERASTES] · a venomous snake
—CERVELAS—[n. -ES] · cervelat «a smoked sausage» / [x] { cervelas cervelat § cervelases cervelats }
—CHAUSSES—[n.] · medieval armor
—CIDERIES—† [n.] · resembling cider
—CONCOURSE[n. CONCOURS] · a public competition
—CONGRATS—[n.] · congratulations
—COPPERAS—[n. -ES] · a compound used in making inks
—CREMAINS—[n.] · the ashes of a cremated body
—CRUDITES—[n.] · pieces of raw vegetables served with a dip
—DIABETES—[n. DIABETES] · a metabolic disorder
—DIEGESES—† [n. -S] · a narration or recitation
—DOLDRUMS—[n.] · a state of inactivity or stagnation
—DUXELLES—[n. DUXELLES] · a garnish or sauce with minced mushrooms
—EDGEWAYS—[b.] · edgewise / [x] { edgeways edgewise § edgeways edgewise }
—EMPTINGS—[n.] · emptins «a liquid leavening» / [x] { emptings emptins }
—ENDOSMOS—[n. -ES] · a form of osmosis
—ENTRAILS—[n.] · the internal organs
—ESTOVERS—[n.] · necessities allowed by law
—EXTRADOS—[n. -ES] · the outer curve of an arch
—EYEDROPS—[n.] · a medicated solution for the eyes applied in drops
—FEWTRILS—[n.] · things of little value
—FIVEPINS—[n.] · a bowling game
—FLATWAYS—[b.] · flatwise «with the flat side in a particular position» / [x] { flatways flatwise }
—FOODWAYS—[n.] · the eating habits of a people
—FRILLIEST[n.] · an item of women's underwear
—FRIZZIEST[n.] · frizzy hair / [x] { frizzies § frizzier frizziest frizzlier frizzliest frizzly frizzy }
—GADZOOKS—[i.] · used as a mild oath
—GAMASHES—[n.] · boots worn by horseback riders
—GAMIFIES—[v.] · third-person~ singular simple present indicative of gamify
—GASWORKS—[n. GASWORKS] · a factory where gas is produced
—GAYWINGS—[n. GAYWINGS] · a perennial herb
—GLANDERS—[n.] · a disease of horses
—GOTCHIES—[n.] · underpants
—GRAVITAS—[n. -ES] · reserved, dignified behavior
—GRAVLAKS—[n. GRAVLAKS] · gravlax «cured salmon» / [x] { gravadlax gravlaks gravlax § gravlaxes }
—HERCULES—[n. -LESES] · any man of great size and strength
—HORNFELS—[n. -ES] · a silicate rock (=hornfelses)
—HUSTINGS—[n. HUSTINGS] · a British~ court
—INTRADOS—[n. -ES] · the inner curve of an arch
—JOHANNES—[n. JOHANNES] · a Portuguese~ coin / [x] { joannes johannes }
—JUMPSIES—[n.] · a game involving jumping over a taut rope
—KNEESIES—[n.] · the pressing of one's knees against another person's knees
—KNICKERS—[n.] · loose-fitting~ pants gathered at the knee
—LANCIERS—[n. LANCIERS] · a French dance
—LEKYTHOS—[n. -THOI] · an oil jar used in ancient Greece~
—LONGWAYS—[b.] · longwise «lengthwise» / [x] { longways longwise }
—MEGALOPS—[n. -LOPSES] · a larval stage of most crabs
—METHINKS—[v. past tense METHOUGHT] · it seems to me -- METHINKS is an impersonal verb and is used only in the 3d person sing
—MISHUGAS—[n. -ES] · crazy or foolish behavior / [x] { meshugaas mishegaas mishegoss mishugas }
—MOLASSES—[n. -LASSESES] · a thick syrup
—NETROOTS—[n.] · political activists at the basic level of society who communicate via the Internet
—NOWADAYS—[b.] · in these times
—NUMBNUTS—[n.] · idiot -- an offensive word
—OFTTIMES—[b.] · often / [x] { oft often oftener oftenest oftentimes ofter oftest ofttimes }
—OMPHALOS—[n. -LI or -LOI] · a central point (=omphaloi)
—OPPONENS—[n. OPPONENS] · a muscle of the thumb
—OVERSUDS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to form an excessive amount of suds
—PALAISES—† [n. PALAIS] · a palace
—PALEWAYS—[b.] · palewise «vertically» / [x] { paleways palewise }
—PANCREAS—[n. -ES] · a large gland
—PEARLIEST[n.] · teeth
—POTHOSES—† [n. POTHOS] · a climbing plant with glossy variegated leaves
—PREGGERS—[a.] · pregnant / [x] { preggers pregnant }
—QUADRANS—[n. -RANTES] · an ancient Roman coin
—RINGHALS—[n. -ES] · a venomous snake / [x] { ringhals rinkhals § ringhalses rinkhalses }
—RINKHALS—[n. -ES] · ringhals «a venomous snake» / [x] { ringhals rinkhals § ringhalses rinkhalses }
—SAWBONES—[n. -BONESES] · a surgeon
—SCANTIEST[n.] · brief panties for women
—SCHNAPPS—[n. SCHNAPPSES] · a strong liquor
—SLYBOOTS—[n. SLYBOOTS] · a sly person
—SMITHERS—[n.] · small fragments / [x] { smithereens smithers }
—SNUGGIES—[n.] · women's long underwear
—SOAPSUDSY[n.] · suds
—SOLONETS—[n. -ES] · solonetz «a type of soil» / [x] { solonets solonetz § solonetses solonetzes }
—SUNDRIES—[n.] · miscellaneous items
—SUNDROPS—[n. SUNDROPS] · a flowering plant
—TARANTAS—[n. -ES] · a Russian~ carriage
—THANATOS—[n. -ES] · an instinctual desire for death
—TIDYTIPS—[n. TIDYTIPS] · an annual herb
—TINSNIPS—[n.] · a tool for cutting sheet metal
—TRINKUMS—[n.] · small ornaments
—TROWSERS—[n.] · trousers / [x] { trews trooz trou trouser trousers trowsers }
—TRYWORKS—[n.] · a type of furnace
OUROBOROS—[n. -ES] · a circular symbol of a snake or dragon swallowing its own tail - UROBORIC [a.] / [x] { ouroboros uroboros § ouroboroses uroboroses § uroboric }

Words of 6 Letters or Fewer Ending -IS (128 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
—CIST[a.] · having certain atoms on the same side of the molecule
—DISCHKS[v. DISSED, DISSING, DISSES] · to insult or criticize / [x] { dis diss § disses § dis diss dissed disses dissing }
—VISAE[n. VIRES] · force or power
IYWISEHPST[v. past tense WIST°] · to know -- WIS and WIST are the only accepted forms of this verb; it cannot be conjugated further / [x] { witing § wits § weet weeted weeting weets wis wissed wist wisted wisting wists wit witing witting wost wot wots wotted wotting }
MTAXIS—[n. AXES] · a straight line about which a body rotates - AXISED [a.] / ----- [n. AXISES] · an Asian~ deer
ABRISKS[n. -ES] · a Jewish~ circumcision rite (=brises) / [x] { bris briss brith § brises brisses briths }
—CRISP[n. -ES] · kris / [x] { crease creese cress cris crises kris § creeses krises § creeses }
—DAISY[n. -ISES] · a raised platform
AEGIS—[n. EGISES] · aegis / [x] { aegis egis § aegises egises }
—IBIS—[n. IBISES] · a wading bird
—IRIS—[n. IRISES or IRIDES] · a part of the eye / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to give the form of a rainbow to
KIWIS—[b.] · certainly / [x] { iwis ywis § iwis ywis }
—KRIS—[n. -ES] · a short sword / [x] { crease creese cress cris crises kris § creeses krises § creeses }
—THIS—[o. THESE°] · the person or thing just mentioned / [x] { this § this }
—YWIS—[b.] · iwis «certainly» / [x] { iwis ywis § iwis ywis }
—AEGIS—[n. -GISES] · protection / [x] { aegis egis § aegises egises }
RAPHIS—[n. APHIDES] · an aphid
—APSIS—[n. -SIDES] · an apse
KARRIS—[n. -RISES] · a ridge formed by the meeting of two surfaces
—ARSIS—[n. ARSES] · the unaccented part of a musical measure
—ASPISH[n. -PISES] · aspic / [x] { asp aspic aspis § aspics aspises asps }
CKAURIST[n. AURES] · the ear
—BASIS—[n. BASES] · the foundation of something
—CUTIS—[n. -TES or -TISES] · the corium
—FINISH[n. -NISES] · the end
—KUMISS[n. -ES] · koumiss «a beverage made from camel's milk» / [x] { koumis koumiss koumys koumyss kumis kumiss kumys § koumises koumisses koumyses koumysses kumises kumisses kumyses }
—LAPIS—[n. -PISES] · a mineral / ----- [n. LAPIDES] · a stone
—LENIS—[n. LENES] · a speech sound pronounced with little or no aspiration
CLEVIS—[n.] · a popular brand of jeans -- a trademark
—LEWIS—[n. -ISES] · a hoisting device / [x] { lewis lewisson § lewises lewissons }
—LEXIS—[n. LEXES or LEXISES] · the vocabulary of a language, a group, or a subject field (=lexises)
—LORIS—[n. -RISES] · an Asian~ lemur
—LOUIS—[n. LOUIS] · a former gold coin of France~
—LYSIS—[n. LYSES] · the disintegration of cells by lysins
—MAVIS—[n. -VISES] · a songbird / [x] { mavie mavis § mavies mavises }
—METIS—[n. METIS] · a person of mixed ancestry
—MITIS—[n. -TISES] · a type of wrought iron
—NABIS—[n. NABIS] · a group of French artists
—NARIS—[n. NARES] · a nostril - NARIAL NARIC NARINE [a.] / [x] { naris § nares § narial naric narine }
—OASIS—[n. OASES] · a green area in a desert region
—ORNIS—[n. ORNITHES] · avifauna «the bird life of a particular region»
MORRIS—[n. -RISES] · a flowering plant / [x] { orrice orris orrisroot § orrices orrises orrisroots }
—PARISH[n. -ISES] · a European~ herb
—PAVISE[n. -ISES] · a large medieval shield / [x] { pavis pavise pavisse § pavises pavisses }
—PENIS—[n. -NES or -NISES] · the male organ of copulation - PENIAL PENILE [a.]
—POLISH[n. -LEIS] · an ancient Greek city-state~
—PUBIS—[n. PUBES] · the forward portion of either of the hipbones
—PYXIS—[n. PYXIDES] · a pyxidium
—TAMIS—[n. -ISES] · a strainer made of cloth mesh
—TAPIS—[n. -PISES] · material used for wall hangings and floor coverings
—TROIS—[n. TROIS] · the number three
—ABATIS—[n. ABATISES] · a barrier made of felled trees / [x] { abatis abatises abattis abattises }
—ADONIS—[n. -ISES] · a handsome young man
—ARABIS—[n. -ES] · a mat-forming~ plant
—BREWIS—[n. BREWISES] · broth
—BUPKIS—[n.] · bubkes «the least amount» / [x] { bubkes bupkes bupkis bupkus }
—CADDISH[n. -DISES] · a coarse woolen fabric - CADDISED [a.] (=caddised) / [x] { caddice caddis § caddices caddised caddises }
—CASSIS—[n. -SISES] · a European~ bush
—CAULIS—[n. -LES] · a plant stem
—CLEVIS—[n. -ISES] · a metal fastening device
—COMMISH[n. COMMIS] · a junior chef
—COULIS—[n. COULIS] · a thick sauce of pureed vegetable or fruit
—CRASIS—[n. CRASES] · a vowel contraction
—CRISIS—[n. CRISES] · a crucial turning point - CRISIC [a.]
—CULLIS—[n. -LISES] · a gutter in a roof
—CUSPIS—[n. -PIDES] · a cusp
—CYESIS—[n. CYESES] · pregnancy
—DEBRIS—[n. DEBRIS] · fragments or scattered remains
—DEIXIS—[n. DEIXISES] · the specifying function of some words
—DERMIS—[n. -MISES] · derma - DERMIC [a.] / [x] { derm derma dermis § dermas dermises derms § dermal dermic }
—DERRIS—[n. -RISES] · a climbing plant
—DIESIS—[n. DIESES] · a reference mark in printing
—ECESIS—[n. -SISES] · the establishment of a plant or animal in a new environment - ECESIC [a.] (=ecesic)
NEMESIS—[n. EMESES or EMESISES] · the act of vomiting (=emesises)
KENOSIS—[n. -SISES] · union
—FOLLIS—[n. -LES] · a coin of ancient Rome~
—FORTIS—[n. -TES] · a consonant pronounced with relatively strong release of breath
—GLACIS—[n. -CISES] · a slope
—GNOSIS—[n. GNOSES] · mystical knowledge
—GRATIS—[a.] · free of charge
—HAGGISH[n. -GISES] · a Scottish~ dish / [x] { hadjee hadji haggis haji hajji § hadjees hadjis hajis hajjis }
—HUBRIS—[n. -ES] · excessive pride or arrogance / [x] { hubris hybris § hubrises hybrises }
—HYBRIS—[n. -BRISES] · hubris / [x] { hubris hybris § hubrises hybrises }
—IRITIS—[n. -TISES] · inflammation of the iris - IRITIC [a.]
—KERMIS—[n. -MISES] · a festival / [x] { kermess kermesse kermis kirmess § kermesses kermises kirmesses }
—KOUMISS[n. -MISES] · koumiss «a beverage made from camel's milk» / [x] { koumis koumiss koumys koumyss kumis kumiss kumys § koumises koumisses koumyses koumysses kumises kumisses kumyses }
—MAJLIS—[n. -ES] · the parliament in various North African~ and Middle Eastern countries
—MANTIS—[n. -TISES or -TES] · a predatory insect
—MIOSIS—[n. MIOSES or MIOSISES] · excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye (=miosises) / [x] { miosis myosis § mioses miosises myoses myosises }
—MISSIS—[n. -SISES] · a wife / [x] { missis missus § missises missuses }
—MORRIS—[n. -RISES] · an English folk dance
—MYASIS—[n. MYASES] · myiasis «infestation of human tissue by fly maggots» / [x] { myasis myiasis § myases myiases }
—MYOSIS—[n. MYOSES or MYOSISES] · miosis «excessive contraction of the pupil of the eye» / [x] { miosis myosis § mioses miosises myoses myosises }
—NEREIS—[n. -REIDES] · a marine worm
—NOESIS—[n. -SISES] · the process of reason
—ORCHIS—[n. -CHISES] · an orchid / [x] { orchid orchis § orchids orchises }
—OTITIS—[n. OTITISES or OTITIDES] · inflammation of the ear - OTITIC [a.] (=otitises)
—OXALIS—[n. -ALISES] · a flowering plant - OXALIC [a.]
—PALAIS—[n. PALAIS] · a palace / [x] { palace palais § palaces § palaced palaces }
—PARVISE[n. -VISES] · an enclosed area in front of a church / [x] { parvis parvise § parvises }
—PASTIS—[n. -TISES] · a French liqueur
—PATOIS—[n. PATOIS] · a dialect
—PELVIS—[n. -VES or -VISES] · a part of the skeleton
—PHASIS—[n. PHASES] · a phase
—PHYSIS—[n. PHYSES] · the principle of growth or change in nature
—PRAXIS—[n. PRAXISES or PRAXES] · practical use of a branch of learning
—PRECISE[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to make a concise summary of
—PTOSIS—[n. PTOSES] · a drooping of the upper eyelid - PTOTIC [a.]
—PYOSIS—[n. -OSES] · the formation of pus
—RACHIS—[n. -CHISES or -CHIDES] · the spinal column - RACHIAL [a.]
—RAPHIS—[n. -PHIDES] · raphide «a needle-shaped~ crystal occurring in plant cells» / [x] { raphide raphis § raphides }
ASEPSIS—[n. SEPSES] · bacterial invasion of the body
—STASIS—[n. STASES] · a stoppage of the normal flow of bodily fluids
—TABBIS—[n. -BISES] · a silk fabric
—TALLISH[n. -LISES or -LISIM] · tallith «a Jewish~ prayer shawl» (=tallises)
—TENNIST[n. -NISES] · an outdoor ball game
—TENUIS—[n. -UES] · a voiceless phonetic stop
—TESTIS—[n. TESTES] · a male reproductive gland / [x] { testicle testis § testes testicles }
—THESIS—[n. THESES] · a proposition put forward for discussion
—TMESIS—[n. TMESES] · the separation of the parts of a compound word by an intervening word or words
—TSORIS—[n. TSORIS] · tsuris «a series of misfortunes»
—TSURIS—[n. -ES] · a series of misfortunes (=tsurises)
—TUCHIS—[n. -ES] · tuchus «the buttocks» / [x] { tuchis tuchus tush tushie tushy § tuchises tuchuses tushes tushies § tushed tushes tushing § tushed }
—TUSSIS—[n. TUSSISES or TUSSES] · a cough - TUSSIVE [a.] (=tusses)
—TZURIS—[n. TZURIS or TSURISES] · tsuris «a series of misfortunes»
—UNGUIS—[n. -GUES] · a nail, claw, or hoof
—VERMIS—[n. -MES] · a part of the brain
—WHOSIS—[n. -SISES] · whoosis «an object or person whose name is not known» / [x] { whoosis whosis whosit § whoosises whosises whosits }

Words of 6 Letters or Fewer Ending -US (203 entries)

FRONTWORDBACKDEFINITION
BJMNPSUSE[o.] · the objective case of the pronoun we
—BUSHKSTY[v. BUSED or BUSSED, BUSING° or BUSSING°, BUSES or BUSSES] · to transport by bus
—JUST[n. JURA] · a legal right
OPUSHS[n. -ES] · a viscous fluid formed in infected tissue
—SUSS[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to suss / [x] { suses susses § sus sused susing suss sussed susses sussing § sus suss sussed }
MANUS—[n. -ES] · the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
—NOUS—[n. -ES] · mind, reason, or intellect
BCTONUS—[n. -ES] · a burden or responsibility
—OPUS—[n. OPERA° or OPUSES] · a literary of musical work
—PLUSH[n. PLUSES or PLUSSES] · an additional quantity
—RHUS—[n. -ES] · any of a genus of shrubs and trees
—THUS—[b.] · in this manner / [x] { thus thusly }
GKURUS—[n. -ES] · an extinct European~ ox
—ANKUSH[n. -ES] · an elephant goad / [x] { ankus ankush § ankuses ankushes }
—ARCUS—[n. -ES] · an arch-shaped~ cloud
—ARGUS—[n. -ES] · an East Indian~ pheasant
—ASCUS—[n. ASCI] · a spore sac in certain fungi
—BOGUS—[a.] · not genuine; fake - BOGUSLY [b.] (=bogusly)
OBOLUS—[n. -ES] · a large pill
—BONUS—[n. -ES] · an additional payment
—CASUS—[n. CASUS] · a legal occurrence or event
—CONUS—[n. CONI] · an anatomical part in mammals
—DUFUS—[n. -ES] · doofus / [x] { doofus dufus § doofuses dufuses }
—FAVUS—[n. -ES] · a skin disease
—FETUS—[n. -ES] · the unborn organism carried within the womb in the later stages of its development / [x] { fetus fetuses foetus foetuses }
—FICUS—[n. -ES] · a tropical tree
—FOCUS—[n. -CUSES or -CI] · a point at which rays converge or from which they diverge / ----- [v. -CUSED or -CUSSED, -CUSING or -CUSSING, -CUSES or -CUSSES] · to bring to a focus / [x] { focusing focussing § foci focuses focusses § focalise focalised focalises focalising focalize focalized focalizes focalizing focus focused focuses focusing focussed focusses focussing § focused focusing focussed focussing }
—FUCUS—[n. -CI or -CUSES] · any of a genus of brown algae
—GYRUS—[n. -RI] · a ridge in the brain
—HILUS—[n. HILI] · hilum «a small opening in a bodily organ»
—HOCUS—[v. -CUSED or -CUSSED, -CUSING or -CUSSING, -CUSES or -CUSSES] · to deceive or cheat
—HUMUSY[n. -ES] · decomposed organic matter / [x] { hommos hoummos hummus humus § hommoses hoummoses hummuses }
RICTUS—[n. -ES] · a recurring stress or beat in a poetical form - ICTIC [a.]
PILEUS—[n. -ES] · intestinal obstruction
—INCUSE[n. INCUDES] · a bone in the middle ear
—LOCUST[n. LOCI° or LOCA] · a place
—LOTUS—[n. -ES] · an aquatic plant / [x] { lotos lotus § loti lotoses lotuses }
—LUPUS—[n. -ES] · a skin disease - LUPOID [a.] (=lupoid)
—LUSUS—[n. -ES] · an abnormality
—MAGUS—[n. -GI] · a magician
—MANUS—[n. MANUS] · the end of the forelimb in vertebrates
—MINUS—[n. -ES] · a negative quantity
—MODUS—[n. -DI] · a mode
—MOMUS—[n. -MUSES or -MI] · a carping person
—MUCUS—[n. -ES] · a viscid bodily fluid
—NEGUS—[n. -ES] · an alcoholic beverage
—NEVUS—[n. -VI] · a birthmark - NEVOID [a.] / [x] { naevus nevus § naevi nevi § naevoid nevoid }
—NEXUS—[n. -ES] · a connection or link
—NIDUS—[n. NIDI or NIDUSES] · a nest or breeding place
—NISUS—[n. NISUS] · an effort
—NODUS—[n. -DI] · a difficulty
—PILUS—[n. -LI] · a hair or hairlike structure
—PIOUS—[a.] · marked by religious reverence - PIOUSLY [b.]
—RAMUS—[n. -MI] · a branch-like~ part of a structure
—REBUS—[n. -ES] · a type of puzzle
—RISUS—[n. -ES] · a grin or laugh
—RUBUS—[n. RUBUS] · a plant of the rose family
—SINUS—[n. -ES] · a cranial cavity
—SITUS—[n. -TUSES] · a position or location
—SOLUS—[a.] · alone
—SORUS—[n. -RI] · a cluster of plant reproductive bodies
—TALUS—[n. -ES] · a slope formed by an accumulation of rock debris / ----- [n. -LI] · a bone of the foot
—TAXUS—[n. TAXUS] · an evergreen tree or shrub
—TONUS—[n. -ES] · a normal state of tension in muscle tissue
—TORUS—[n. -RI or -RUSES] · a large convex molding / [x] { tore torus § tores tori toruses § tor }
—UNCUS—[n. -CI] · a hook-shaped~ anatomical part
—VAGUS—[n. -GI] · a cranial nerve
—VARUS—[n. -ES] · a malformation of a bone or joint
—VENUS—[n. -ES] · a seductive woman
—VIRUS—[n. -ES] · any of a class of submicroscopic pathogens
—WAMUS—[n. -ES] · a heavy outer jacket / [x] { wammus wampus wamus § wammuses wampuses wamuses }
—XERUS—[n. -ES] · an African~ ground squirrel
BABACUS—[n. -CI or -CUSES] · a calculating device
—ACARUS—[n. -RI] · a mite
—ACINUS—[n. -NI] · a small, saclike division of a gland - ACINAR ACINIC ACINOSE ACINOUS [a.] / [x] { acinus § acini § acinar acinic acinose acinous }
—AENEUS—[a.] · aeneous «having a greenish gold color»
—AIRBUS—[n. -BUSES or -BUSSES] · a passenger airplane
—AMICUS—[n. AMICI] · one not party to a lawsuit but permitted by the court to advise it
—ANIMUS—[n. -ES] · a feeling of hostility
—AUREUS—[n. -REI] · a gold coin of ancient Rome~
—AUROUS—[a.] · pertaining to gold / [x] { auric aurous }
—AWMOUS—[n. AWMOUS] · alms
—BUPKUS—[n.] · bubkes «the least amount» / [x] { bubkes bupkes bupkis bupkus }
—BYSSUS—[n. BYSSUSES or BYSSI] · a fine linen - BYSSAL [a.] (=byssal)
—CACTUS—[n. -TI or -TUSES] · a plant native to arid regions - CACTOID [a.]
—CALLUS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to form a hard growth
—CAMPUS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to restrict a student to the school grounds
—CANTUS—[n. CANTUS or -ES] · a style of church music (=cantuses)
—CARPUS—[n. -PI] · the wrist
—CAUCUS—[v. -CUSED or -CUSSED, -CUSING or -CUSSING, -CUSES or -CUSSES] · to hold a political meeting
—CENSUS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to take an official count of
—CERCUS—[n. CERCI°] · a sensory appendage of an insect - CERCAL [a.] (=cercal)
—CEREUS—[n. -ES] · a tall cactus
ACEROUS—[a.] · pertaining to cerium / [x] { ceric cerous }
—CESTUS—[n. -ES] · a hand covering for ancient Roman boxers / ----- [n. -TI] · a belt or girdle
—CHIAUS—[n. -ES] · a Turkish~ messenger / [x] { chiaus choush § chiauses choushes § chiaus chiauses choush }
—CHORUS—[v. -RUSED or -RUSSED, -RUSING or -RUSSING, -RUSES or -RUSSES] · to sing in unison
—CIRCUSY[n. -ES] · a public entertainment - CIRCUSY [a.]
—CIRRUS—[n. -RI or -RUSES] · a tendril or similar part (=cirruses)
—CISTUS—[n. -ES] · a flowering shrub
—CITRUSY[n. -ES] · any of a genus of tropical, fruit-bearing~ trees - CITRUSY [a.]
—CLAVUS—[n. -VI] · a horny thickening of the skin
—CLONUS—[n. -ES] · a form of muscular spasm
—COCCUS—[n. COCCI] · a spherical bacterium - COCCOUS [a.]
—COITUS—[n. -ES] · sexual intercourse - COITAL [a.] COITALLY [b.] / [x] { coition coitus § coitions coituses § coital § coitally }
—COLEUS—[n. -ES] · a tropical plant
—COMOUS—[a.] · comose «bearing a tuft of silky hairs» / [x] { comose comous }
—CORPUS—[n. -PORA or -PUSES] · a human or animal body (=corpuses)
—CROCUS—[n. -CUSES or -CI] · a flowering plant
—CULTUS—[n. -TUSES or -TI] · a cult / [x] { cult cultus § culti cults cultuses }
—CUSCUS—[n. -ES] · an arboreal mammal
—CYMOUS—[a.] · cymose «resembling a cyme» / [x] { cymose cymous § cymosely }
—CYPRUS—[n. -ES] · cypress / [x] { cypres cypress cyprus § cypresses cypruses }
—DINGUS—[n. -ES] · a doodad
—DISCUSS[n. -CUSES or -CI] · a disk hurled in athletic competition
—DOOFUS—[n. -ES] · a stupid or foolish person / [x] { doofus dufus § doofuses dufuses }
OESTRUS—[n. -ES] · the period of heat in female mammals / [x] { estrum estrus oestrum oestrus § estrums estruses oestrums oestruses }
—EXODUS—[n. -ES] · a movement away
—FAMOUS—[a.] · well-known~ - FAMOUSLY [b.]
—FLATUS—[n. -ES] · intestinal gas
—FOETUS—[n. -ES] · fetus / [x] { fetus fetuses foetus foetuses }
—FUCOUS—[a.] · of or pertaining to fucoids
—FUNDUS—[n. -DI] · the inner basal surface of a bodily organ - FUNDIC [a.]
—FUNGUS—[n. -GI or -GUSES] · any of a major group of lower plants
—GALLUS—[n. -ES] · a suspender for trousers - GALLUSED [a.]
—GENIUS—[n. GENIUSES or GENII] · an exceptional natural aptitude
—GLOMUS—[n. -MERA] · a type of vascular tuft
—GOOFUS—[n. -ES] · a foolish or stupid person
—GRADUS—[n. -ES] · a dictionary of prosody
—HIATUS—[n. -ES] · a gap or missing section - HIATAL [a.]
—HUMMUS—[n. -ES] · a paste of pureed chickpeas and tahini / [x] { hommos hoummos hummus humus § hommoses hoummoses hummuses }
—HUMOUS—[n. -ES] · hummus
—IAMBUS—[n. -BUSES or -BI] · an iamb «a type of metrical foot»
—IODOUS—[a.] · pertaining to iodine
—JOYOUS—[a.] · joyful - JOYOUSLY [b.]
—LAPSUS—[n. LAPSUS] · a mistake
—LIMBUS—[n. -BUSES or -BI] · a distinctive border
—LITMUS—[n. -ES] · a blue coloring matter
—LUPOUS—[a.] · pertaining to lupus
—MEATUS—[n. -ES] · a natural body passage
—MEDIUS—[n. -DII] · the middle finger
—MISSUS—[n. -ES] · missis «a wife» / [x] { missis missus § missises missuses }
—MUCOUS—[a.] · secreting or containing mucus / [x] { mucose mucous }
—NAEVUS—[n. -VI] · nevus «a birthmark» - NAEVOID [a.] / [x] { naevus nevus § naevi nevi § naevoid nevoid }
—NIMBUS—[n. -BI or -BUSES] · a luminous cloud - NIMBUSED [a.]
—NODOUS—[a.] · nodose «having nodes» / [x] { nodose nodous }
—OBELUS—[n. -LI] · a symbol used in ancient manuscripts to indicate a doubtful passage
—OBOLUS—[n. -LI] · an obol «a coin of ancient Greece~»
LOCULUS—[n. -LI] · a circular window
—ODIOUS—[a.] · deserving or causing hatred - ODIOUSLY [b.]
—OSMOUS—[a.] · containing osmium
—PALPUS—[n. -PI] · a sensory organ of an arthropod (=palpuses~)
—PAPPUS—[n. -PI] · a tuft of bristles on the achene of certain plants - PAPPOSE PAPPOUS [a.] / [x] { pappus § pappi § pappose pappous }
—PAROUS—[a.] · having produced offspring
—PASSUS—[n. -ES] · a section of a story or poem
—PEPLUS—[n. -ES] · peplos «a garment worn by women in ancient Greece~» / [x] { peplos peplus § peploses pepluses }
—PIGNUS—[n. -NORA] · property held as security for a debt
—PILEUS—[n. -LEI] · the umbrella-shaped~ portion of a mushroom
—PILOUS—[a.] · pilose «covered with hair» / [x] { pileous pilose pilous }
—PLEXUS—[n. -ES] · an interlacing of parts
—POROUS—[a.] · having minute openings - POROUSLY [b.] / [x] { porose porous § porously }
—PRIMUS—[n. -ES] · the head bishop of Scotland~
—PRUNUS—[n. -ES] · a flowering tree
—RADIUS—[n. -DII or -DIUSES] · a straight line from the center of a circle to the circumference / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to give a rounded form to (=radiused radiusing)
—RAMOUS—[a.] · ramose «having many branches» / [x] { ramose ramous § ramosely }
—RECTUS—[n. -TI] · a straight muscle
—REGIUS—[a.] · holding a professorship founded by the sovereign
—RHESUS—[n. -ES] · an Asian~ monkey
—RICTUS—[n. -ES] · the expanse of the open mouth - RICTAL [a.]
—RIMOUS—[a.] · rimose «marked by cracks» / [x] { rimose rimous § rimosely }
—RUCKUS—[n. -ES] · a noisy disturbance / [x] { ruckus rumpus § ruckuses rumpuses § rumpuses }
—RUFOUS—[n.] · a reddish-brown~ color / [x] { rufouses § reddish rufous }
—RUGOUS—[a.] · rugose «full of wrinkles» / [x] { rugose rugous § rugosely }
—RUMPUS—[n. -ES] · a noisy disturbance / [x] { ruckus rumpus § ruckuses rumpuses § rumpuses }
—SEROUS—[a.] · of or resembling serum
—SETOUS—[a.] · setose «covered with setae» / [x] { setaceous setose setous }
—SHAMUS—[n. -ES] · a private detective
—SOLEUS—[n. -LEUSES or -LEI] · a muscle in the calf of the leg (=soleuses)
—STATUSY[n. -ES] · relative position
—STYLUS—[n. -LI or -LUSES] · a pointed instrument for writing, marking, or engraving
—SULCUS—[n. -CI] · a narrow furrow - SULCAL [a.]
—TARSUS—[n. TARSI] · a part of the foot
—THYMUS—[n. -MI or -MUSES] · a glandular structure in the body
—TOPHUS—[n. -PHI] · a deposit of urates in the tissue around a joint
—TOROUS—[a.] · torose «cylindrical and swollen at intervals» / [x] { torose torous }
—TRAGUS—[n. -GI] · a part of the external opening of the ear
—TUCHUS—[n. -ES] · the buttocks / [x] { tuchis tuchus tush tushie tushy § tuchises tuchuses tushes tushies § tushed tushes tushing § tushed }
—TYPHUS—[n. -ES] · an infectious disease - TYPHOUS [a.]
—URAEUS—[n. URAEI or URAEUSES] · the figure of the sacred serpent on the headdress of ancient Egyptian rulers
—UTERUS—[n. UTERI or UTERUSES] · an organ of female mammals - UTERINE [a.]
—UVEOUS—[a.] · pertaining to the uvea «a layer of the eye»
—VALGUS—[n. -ES] · the position of a joint that is abnormally turned outward - VALGOID [a.]
—VENOUS—[a.] · full of veins - VENOUSLY [b.] / [x] { veinier veiniest veinous veiny venose venous § venously }
—VERJUS—[n. -ES] · verjuice «the juice of sour or unripe fruit» / [x] { verjuice verjus § verjuices verjuses § verjuice verjuices verjus }
—VERSUS—[p.] · against
—VILLUS—[n. -LI] · one of the hairlike projections found on certain membranes - VILLOSE VILLOUS [a.] / [x] { villus § villi § villose villous }
—VINOUS—[a.] · pertaining to wine - VINOUSLY [b.] / [x] { vinaceous vineal vinic vinous § vinously }
—VISCUS—[n. -CERA] · an internal organ
—VULGUS—[n. -ES] · an exercise in Latin~ formerly required of pupils in some English public schools
—WALRUS—[n. -ES] · a marine mammal
—WAMMUS—[n. -ES] · wamus «a heavy outer jacket» / [x] { wammus wampus wamus § wammuses wampuses wamuses }
—WAMPUS—[n. -ES] · wamus «a heavy outer jacket» / [x] { wammus wampus wamus § wammuses wampuses wamuses }
—XYSTUS—[n. -TI] · a roofed area where athletes trained in ancient Greece~

Words of 6 Letters or Fewer Ending -SS (61 entries)

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—CESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to tax or assess
—CUSSO[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to curse
—FOSSAE[n. -ES] · fosse / [x] { foss fosse § fosses }
—FUSSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to be overly concerned with small details
—JESSE[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to fasten straps around the legs of a hawk / [x] { jess jesse § jesses § jessed jesses jessing § jessed }
—JOSS—[n. -ES] · a Chinese~ idol
FGLOSSY[n. -ES] · the act of one that loses / [x] { losing loss § losings losses § losing loss }
—NESS—[n. -ES] · a headland
—SASSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to talk impudently to
STOSS—[v. TOSSED or TOST, TOSSING, TOSSES] · to throw lightly
—WUSSY[n. -ES] · a wimp
—BLESS—[v. BLESSED or BLEST, BLESSING°, BLESSES] · to sanctify / [x] { bless blessed blesses blessing blest § blessed blesseder blessedest blest § bless }
—BLISS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to experience or produce ecstasy
—CHESS—[n. -ES] · a weed
—CLASSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to classify
—CRASS—[a. CRASSER, CRASSEST] · grossly vulgar or stupid - CRASSLY [b.]
—CRESSY[n. -ES] · a plant used in salads - CRESSY [a.] (=cressy) / [x] { crease creese cress cris crises kris § creeses krises § creeses }
ACROSSE[a. CROSSER°, CROSSEST] · ill-tempered~ / ----- [v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to intersect
—DRESSY[v. DRESSED or DREST, DRESSING°, DRESSES] · to put clothes on
—DROSSY[n. -ES] · waste matter
—FLOSSY[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to clean between the teeth with a strong thread
—FRASS—[n. -ES] · debris made by insects
—GAUSS—[n. -ES] · a unit of magnetic induction
—GLASSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to encase in glass
—GLOSSAY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to make lustrous
—GRASSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to cover with grass
—GROSS—[a. GROSSER°, GROSSEST] · flagrant / ----- [v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to earn exclusive of deductions
—GUESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to form an opinion from little or no evidence
—LOESS—[n. -ES] · a soil deposit - LOESSAL LOESSIAL LOESSIC [a.] (=loessic) / [x] { loess § loesses § loessal loessial loessic }
—PRESS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to act upon with steady force
—PRISSY[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to act in a prissy manner
—QUASS—[n. -ES] · kvass «a Russian~ beer» / [x] { kvas kvass quass § kvases kvasses quasses § quasses }
—STOSS—[a.] · facing the direction from which a glacier moves
—SWISS—[n. -ES] · a cotton fabric
STRASS—[n. -ES] · a volcanic rock / [x] { terras trass § terrases trasses }
—TRUSS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to secure tightly
—ACCESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to get at
—ADMASS—[n. -ES] · mass-media~ advertising (=admasses)
JLAWLESS—[a.] · aweless «lacking awe» / [x] { aweless awless }
—BADASS—[n. -ES] · a person ready to cause or get into trouble -- an offensive term - BADASSED [a.] / [x] { badasses § badass badassed }
—BAGASSE[n. -ES] · bagasse «crushed sugarcane» / [x] { bagass bagasse § bagasses }
—BEKISS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to cover with kisses
—BYPASS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to avoid by going around
REGRESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to go out
—EMBOSS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to decorate with raised designs
—EXCESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to eliminate the position of
—GNEISS—[n. -ES] · a type of rock - GNEISSIC [a.]
—HARASS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -ES] · to bother persistently
—KAROSS—[n. -ES] · an African~ garment
—MEGASSE[n. -ES] · a bagasse «crushed sugarcane» / [x] { megass megasse § megasses }
—OBSESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to dominate the thoughts of
—PAYESS—[n.] · uncut sideburns worn by some Jews
PRECESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to place in a receding space or hollow
PREMISS—[a.] · careless - REMISSLY [b.]
—REPASS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to pass again +
—SCHUSS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to make a fast, straight run in skiing
—SPEISS—[n. -ES] · a metallic mixture obtained in smelting certain ores / [x] { speise speiss § speises speisses }
—STRASS—[n. -ES] · a brilliant glass used in making imitation gems
—STRESS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to place emphasis on
GRSUNLESS—[c.] · except on the condition that
—UPTOSS—[v. -ED, -ING, -ES] · to toss upward

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