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There are 15 eight-letter words ending with TUS

AFFLATUS	• afflatus n. A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence. • AFFLATUS n. (Latin) inspiration, a divine imparting of knowledge or power.
AMIANTUS	• amiantus n. Alternative spelling of amianthus. • AMIANTUS n. (Greek) the finest fibrous asbestos.
ASBESTUS	• asbestus n. Dated form of asbestos. • ASBESTUS n. (Greek) a fine fibrous mineral made into incombustible material, also ASBESTOS.
CATHETUS	• cathetus n. (Geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right… • CATHETUS n. (Greek) a straight line perpendicular to another straight line or surface.
CREPITUS	• crepitus n. (Medicine) Grating, crackling or popping sounds and sensations experienced under the skin and joints. • CREPITUS n. (Latin) the sound made by a fractured joint.
DETRITUS	• detritus n. (Countable, chiefly geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion. • detritus n. (Biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals. • detritus n. (By extension) Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material.
EMERITUS	• emeritus adj. (Postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title. • emeritus n. A person retired in this sense. • EMERITUS n. (Latin) a retired person who retains an honorary title.
FREMITUS	• fremitus n. A vibration which is perceptible on palpation or auscultation. • FREMITUS n. (Latin) a vibration capable of being felt.
INFLATUS	• inflatus n. A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. • INFLATUS n. (Latin) a blowing or breathing into; inspiration.
MAMMATUS	• mammatus n. Ellipsis of mammatus cloud. • MAMMATUS n. (Latin) a type of cloud.
PRURITUS	• pruritus n. (Medicine) severe itching, especially of undamaged skin; caused by allergy, infection, lymphoma etc. • PRURITUS n. (Latin) intense itching.
RAUPATUS	• RAUPATU n. (Maori) confiscation of land.
SERRATUS	• serratus n. (Anatomy) Any of several muscles of the vertebral or costal region that produce a serrated border. • SERRATUS n. (Latin) a muscle of the thorax.
SPIRITUS	• spiritus n. A breathing. • spiritus n. An aspirate. • spiritus n. Any spirituous preparation.
TINNITUS	• tinnitus n. (Pathology) The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source. • TINNITUS n. (Latin) a ringing sound in the ear.

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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English Wiktionary: 41 words
Scrabble in French: 10 words
Scrabble in Spanish: 2 words
Scrabble in Italian: no word
Scrabble in German: 7 words
Scrabble in Romanian: 4 words

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