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There are 19 words ending with BOUS

BOUBOUS	• boubous n. Plural of boubou. • BOUBOU n. a long flowing garment worn in Mali, also BUBU.
BULBOUS	• bulbous adj. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated. • bulbous adj. (Of a person) Overweight and round in shape. • bulbous adj. (Botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.
CARIBOUS	• caribous n. Plural of caribou. • CARIBOU n. (Canadian) a large deer found in Canada, also CARIBOO.
COLUMBOUS	• COLUMBOUS adj. of or like niobium, a later name of columbium.
CORYMBOUS	• corymbous adj. In the form of a corymb. • CORYMBOUS adj. like a corymb, a flattish-topped raceme.
GIBBOUS	• gibbous adj. Characterized by convexity; protuberant. • gibbous adj. (Astronomy, of a celestial body) Having more than half (but not the whole) of its disc illuminated. • gibbous adj. Humpbacked.
GLEBOUS	• glebous adj. Gleby. • GLEBOUS adj. (archaic) cloddy, turfy, also GLEBY.
GLOBOUS	• globous adj. Alternative form of globose. • GLOBOUS adj. having a rounded form resembling that of a globe, also GLOBOSE.
HERBOUS	• herbous adj. Of or relating to herbs; herbaceous. • HERBOUS adj. abounding with herbs, also HERBOSE.
HYDROPHOBOUS	• hydrophobous adj. Hydrophobic. • HYDROPHOBOUS adj. (obsolete) water-repellent.
INCUBOUS	• incubous adj. (Botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap… • INCUBOUS adj. having overlapping leaves, as in liverworts.
LIMBOUS	• limbous adj. (Anatomy) With slightly overlapping borders; said of a suture. • LIMBOUS adj. overlapping.
MARABOUS	• marabous n. Plural of marabou. • MARABOU n. (French) an African stork, also MARABOUT.
NIOBOUS	• niobous adj. (Archaic) Of or pertaining to niobium. • NIOBOUS adj. containing niobium with a valency of less than five.
OMBROPHOBOUS	• ombrophobous adj. Synonym of ombrophobic. • OMBROPHOBOUS adj. of or like an ombrophobe, a plant thriving only in desert conditions.
PLUMBOUS	• plumbous adj. (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead. • plumbous adj. (Chemistry) Specifically, of compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds. • PLUMBOUS adj. containing lead.
SUCCUBOUS	• succubous adj. (Botany) Describing an arrangement of leaves such that proximal (posterior) parts of older leaves overlap… • SUCCUBOUS adj. having the lower leaf-margin overlapping the leaf below, as in some mosses.
YTTERBOUS	• YTTERBOUS adj. containing ytterbium.
ZOOPHOBOUS	• ZOOPHOBOUS adj. having an abnormal fear of animals.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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