What are the only 4 words in the English language that end in "dous"?

apodous, biohazardous, brachiopodous, branchiopodous, cephalopodous, chilopodous, decapodous, gastropodous, hazardous, hexapodous, horrendous, iodous, iridous, isopodous, jeopardous, maropodous, molybdous, multinodous, nodous, nonhazardous, ostracodous, palladous, parallelepipedous, pelecypodous, phyllocladous, platypodous, scaphopodous, stupendous, tremendous, ultrahazardous, unhazardous, untremendous, uropodous, vanadous, velellidous
from the Random House Websters Unabridged.

Posted by Charlie on 2003-03-05 15:41:46