5 Letter Words Ending in US

focus

Noun : (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

Noun : (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.

Noun : (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

nexus

Noun : A form or state of connection.

Noun : (Canada, US, finance, law) The relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.

Noun : A connected group; a network, a web.

virus

Noun : A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism; such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms.

Noun : (uncountable) A quantity of such infectious agents

Noun : (informal, metonymically) A disease caused by such an infectious agent; a viral illness.

pious

Adjective : Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, god-fearing.

Adjective : Relating to religion or religious works.

Adjective : Insisting on or making a show of one's own virtue, especially in comparison to others; sanctimonious, condescending, judgmental.

genus

Noun : (biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below family (Lat. familia) and above species.

Noun : A taxon at this rank.

Noun : A group with common attributes.

lexus

Noun : the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota.

locus

Noun : A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.

Noun : (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.

Noun : (genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.

lotus

Noun : A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.

Noun : A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.

Noun : A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.

sinus

Noun : (anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).

Noun : (anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.

Noun : (physiology, attributive) Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.

rebus

Noun : An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

Noun : (linguistics) A pictographic component of a compound character (e.g. sinograph) used to hint at the pronunciation of the compound.

Noun : (specifically, heraldry) An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.

bogus

Adjective : Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.

Adjective : (slang) Undesirable or harmful.

Adjective : (computing, slang) Incorrect, useless, or broken.

ictus

Noun : The pulse.

Noun : (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

Noun : (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis.

bonus

Noun : Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

Noun : An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

Noun : (video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.

mucus

Noun : (physiology) A slippery secretion from the lining of the mucous membranes.

talus

Noun : (anatomy) The bone of the ankle.

Noun : (geology) A sloping heap of fragments of rock lying at the foot of a precipice.

Noun : (architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.

argus

Noun : (Greek mythology) A mythical being, also called Argos or Argus Panoptes, with many eyes, a watchman who served Hera; his eyes were later transplanted to the peacock's tail.

Noun : A watchful guardian.

Noun : An alert, observant person.

negus

Noun : An English surname of unknown derivation.

Noun : A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.

Noun : (historical) A ruler of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), or of a province of Ethiopia; specifically, the king of Ethiopia before 1974.

bolus

Noun : A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.

Noun : A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.

Verb : (transitive) To administer (a drug) in bolus dosing, that is, dosing in (one or more) boluses.

jesus

Noun : Jesus of Nazareth, a first-century Jewish religious preacher and craftsman (commonly understood to have been a carpenter, see Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”)) from Galilee held to be a prophet, teacher, the son of God, and the Messiah, or Christ, in Christianity; also called "Jesus Christ" by Christians. Held to be a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.

Noun : (historical, religion) One of a variety of persons or entities in western Manichaeism, of whom some correspond closely to the Christian conception of Jesus of Nazareth.

Noun : A male given name from Spanish in Spanish culture; an anglicized spelling of Jesús.

venus

Noun : (astronomy) The second planet in the Solar system, named for the goddess; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♀.

Noun : (Roman mythology) The goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and sexuality; the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite.

Noun : A female given name

nidus

Noun : An aggregate of neurons.

Noun : A nest for insects or small animals.

Noun : A place of infection in an organism.

humus

Noun : A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

Noun : Alternative spelling of hummus (“chickpea dip”) [A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.]

fetus

Noun : An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

Noun : A human embryo after the eighth week of gestation.

Noun : (archaic) A neonate

torus

Noun : (geometry) The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a surface or solid formed by rotating a closed curve, especially a circle, about a line which lies in the same plane but does not intersect it (e.g. like a ring doughnut).

Noun : (topology) A topological space which is a product of two circles.

Noun : {{lb|en|topology|in combination|n'''-torus|4-torus|etc.}} The product of the specified number of circles.

lupus

Noun : (pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

Noun : (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Noun : A city and village in Missouri, United States.

potus

Noun : (US) Acronym of President of the United States.

angus

Noun : A male given name from Scottish Gaelic of mostly Scottish usage.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A former county of Scotland, which became a local government district in 1975 in Tayside Region (abolished 1996)

magus

Noun : A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.

Noun : (Zoroastrianism) A Zoroastrian priest.

janus

Noun : (Roman mythology) The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.

Noun : (attributively) Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.

Noun : (chemistry, attributively) Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine.

indus

Noun : A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.

Noun : (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.

Noun : A hamlet in Alberta, Canada

minus

Noun : (mathematics) The minus sign (−).

Noun : (mathematics) A negative quantity.

Noun : A downside or disadvantage.

titus

Noun : The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.

Noun : An early Christian, the addressee of the aforementioned epistle.

Noun : Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman Emperor who succeeded Vespasian and preceded Domitian.

hocus

Verb : To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

Verb : (obsolete) To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).

Verb : (obsolete) To drug (liquor).

modus

Noun : (law, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.

Noun : (law) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.

Noun : (law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

ileus

Noun : (medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.

Noun : (medicine, broad definition, now rare) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract from any cause.

navus

gyrus

Noun : (anatomy) A fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.

nevus

Noun : (anatomy) Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.

tonus

Noun : (biology) tonicity; tone

situs

Noun : The position, especially the usual, normal position, of a body part or part of a plant.

Noun : The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged.

Noun : (law) The location of a property as used for taxation or other legal purposes.

equus

Noun : a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973, telling the story of a psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious fascination with horses.

Noun : a genus of mammals in the family Equidae, which includes horses, donkeys, and zebras.

Noun : a quarterly magazine for horse owners that was first published in November 1977.

incus

Noun : (anatomy) A small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.

Noun : (meteorology) an accessory cloud, in the shape of an anvil which forms by spreading at the top of a cumulonimbus.

solus

Adjective : alone, unaccompanied (as a stage direction)

ficus

Noun : (botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.

ramus

Noun : A small spray or twig.

Noun : (biology) A branching, as of nerves or blood vessels.

Noun : (ornithology) The stem of a barb of a feather, from which the barbules extend.

camus

Noun : A surname from French.

Noun : Albert Camus, French author and philosopher

Noun : Obsolete form of camis. (clothing) [(obsolete) A light, loose dress or robe.]

optus

Noun : Singtel Optus Pty Limited (commonly referred to as Optus) is an Australian telecommunications company headquartered in Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia.

Noun : This is a list of the satellites operated by Optus, an Australian telecommunications company.

horus

Noun : (Egyptian mythology) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.

prius

remus

Noun : (Roman mythology) The legendary founder of Rome and the twin brother of Romulus.

Noun : A male given name from Latin, rare in English.

manus

Noun : (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.

Noun : (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.

Noun : A surname from Irish.

cyrus

Noun : An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.

Noun : A male given name from Old Persian.

Noun : A surname.

gibus

Noun : A collapsible top hat.

claus

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : Fictitious surname of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.

conus

Noun : (obsolete, geometry) A cone.

Noun : (chiefly military) Acronym of The continental United States; but is further defined to be the 48 states between Canada and Mexico, to include the District of Columbia.

actus

Noun : (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m)

Noun : (historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area, equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha)

xerus

Noun : an African ground squirre

vagus

Noun : (Roman Catholicism) A homeless person or vagrant.

Noun : (neuroanatomy) Ellipsis of vagus nerve.. [(neuroanatomy) Either of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which extend from the medulla oblongata down into the abdomen. Branches of these important nerves supply the tongue, larynx, lungs, gut, and heart.]

rufus

Noun : Either of two persons mentioned in the New Testament (in Mark 15:21 and Romans 16:13).

Noun : A male given name from Latin, used since the seventeenth century.

pocus

Noun : (medicine, uncountable) Abbreviation of point-of-care ultrasound.

comus

Noun : (Greek mythology) The god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances, a son of Dionysus.

orcus

Noun : (Roman mythology) The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.

Noun : (astronomy) A large planetoid (possibly a dwarf planet) and plutino, sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”. Its moon is Vanth.

varus

Noun : A deformity in which the foot is turned inward.

Noun : Acne.

Noun : a Roman cognomen

tocus

arcus

Noun : (medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea

Noun : (meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow

Noun : (entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects

eurus

Noun : (Greek mythology) The god of the East Wind.

Noun : (poetic) The east wind personified.

Noun : (obsolete, poetic) The east wind

cetus

Noun : (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

ascus

Noun : (mycology) A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.

malus

Noun : (business) The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.

Noun : (rare) A penalty or negative thing.

Noun : A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).

nodus

Noun : A difficulty.

Noun : (zoology) In the Odonata, a prominent crossvein near the centre of the leading edge of a wing.

nisus

Noun : A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.

Noun : The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.

Noun : The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.

tutus

Noun : A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Noun : (New Zealand) Any of the genus Coriaria of shrubs and trees found in New Zealand.

Verb : (New Zealand, childish) to fiddle or mess around with something.

menus

Noun : The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

Noun : A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

Noun : The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.

dufus

Noun : (colloquial) Alternative form of doofus [(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.]

verus

klaus

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Claus.

arius

Noun : A Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, notably borne by Arius, circa 250–336, a priest in Alexandria, the founder of Arianism

lepus

Noun : (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a rabbit. It lies south of the constellation Orion.

domus

Noun : (anthropology, archaeology) A farmstead with its people, plants and animals, considered as a unit.

Noun : (dated) In the UK a college (or collectively its fellows) in Cambridge or Oxford.

caius

Noun : (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge..

tagus

Noun : A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.

albus

Noun : A surname from Romanian.

favus

Noun : (medicine) A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.

Noun : A tile or flagstone cut into a hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern.

issus

Noun : (historical) An ancient settlement in Cilicia, modern Hatay Province, Turkey, where in 333 BCE Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III

sorus

Noun : (mycology, lichenology) Any reproductive structure, in some lichens and fungi, that produces spores.

Noun : (botany) A cluster of sporangia on the edge or underside of a fern frond.

linus

Noun : A male given name from Latin.

ursus

Noun : type genus of ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus ursus includes all bear

rubus

Noun : (botany) Any of the genus Rubus of flowering plants, including the raspberry and blackberry.

ankus

Noun : The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.

agnus

fucus

Noun : Any alga of the genus Fucus.

mopus

Noun : (obsolete) A lazybones; an idle person.

Noun : (slang, countable, uncountable) Money.

fagus

Noun : The Celtic god of beech trees.

notus

Noun : A city and town in Idaho.

Noun : (poetic) The south or southwest wind.

ulmus

Noun : type genus of family ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate region

gaius

Noun : (fl. AD 130–180) a celebrated Roman jurist.

Noun : Gaius, sometimes spelled Gajus, Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen).

Noun : a Latin praenomen, or personal name, and was one of the most common names throughout Roman history.

porus

Noun : A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

Adjective : Misspelling of porous. [Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.]

casus

Noun : (logic, philosophy, obsolete) A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.

hilus

Noun : (anatomy) A hilum.

hanus

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