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  • There are only four words in the English language that end in "dous:" "tremendous,"

    unknown title 2009

  • There are only four words in the English language which end in "- dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

    Pirates! Man Your Women! 2008

  • There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

    LearnHub Activities 2008

  • True] "title =" In [18]: = DictionaryLookup [___ ~~ "dous" ~~ EndOfString, IgnoreCase - True] "class =" imageframe imgalignleft "/and that these are its only words in English that begin and end with the same four letters:

    Wolfram Blog : Word Facts 2009

  • Get a grip mate - go and have a puff on summat and chill out or you wont make it to Big Bang when the US and China stop trading billet dous for gee-gaws.

    My generation squandered our golden opportunity | Geoffrey Wheatcroft 2010

  • He was dressed formally for dinner in a stiff, blue tunic with a red sash and bright red breeches, all layered with tremen - dous amounts of yellow piping and gold braid.

    Stalling 2010

  • There are only four words in the English language which end in “- dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

    10 Weird Science Facts You Didn’t Know 2006

  • J'aurais des dous j'le ferais mais la c pas l'cas alors voila j'attends pis c tout!

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • Trevelyan tore his hair in despair, but believed that there would be billy-dous.

    He Knew He Was Right 2004

  • There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

    Trivial Facts 2002

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