5 Letter Words Ending in S

Meanings of 5 Letter Words Ending in S

This page carries a lot of words most players would not define. Reading them once is quicker than meeting them cold in a puzzle.

• BIGOS: A Polish stew of cabbage and meat.
• NARIS: Any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynx.
• LITAS: The basic unit of money in Lithuania.
• ICTUS: A sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease.
• PILUS: Hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism.
• ASCUS: Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes.
• TONUS: The elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli.
• FUCUS: Any member of the genus Fucus.
• KURUS: 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey.
• TAPIS: A heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery.
• KVASS: Fermented beverage resembling beer but made from rye or barley.
• MOPES: An informal expression for a mildly depressed state.
• PATAS: Reddish long-tailed monkey of west Africa.
• MONAS: A singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive.
• BLAHS: A general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction.
• CUTIS: A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch.
• INCUS: The ossicle between the malleus and the stapes.
• BALAS: A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.